. Compendium of history and biography of Linn County, Missouri. the conflict nearly all the time of itsservice. In 1864 he was mustered out of the army and returned to hisformer home in New York, where he remained until 1871, when heaccompanied his parents and the rest of the family to Livingstoncounty, in this state. In 1891 he bought the farm on which he nowlives, and to this he has given his attention ever since. It was timberof the growth of ages when he bought it, but he has cleared andimproved it with great industry and good taste, and it is now one ofthe desirable country residences in
. Compendium of history and biography of Linn County, Missouri. the conflict nearly all the time of itsservice. In 1864 he was mustered out of the army and returned to hisformer home in New York, where he remained until 1871, when heaccompanied his parents and the rest of the family to Livingstoncounty, in this state. In 1891 he bought the farm on which he nowlives, and to this he has given his attention ever since. It was timberof the growth of ages when he bought it, but he has cleared andimproved it with great industry and good taste, and it is now one ofthe desirable country residences in the township and as well cultivatedand productive as any other. On April 28, 1866, Mr. Beckwith was married to Miss ElizabethDalrymple, a native of Chautauqua county, New York. They have fivechildren, Eva M., Addison E., Nellie M., William G. and Cora B. Nellieis now the wife of Norris Humphries and lives in Meadville. Both par-ents are living. The father is a member of the Grand Army of theRepublic, in which he keeps alive the memories of the war without any. R. 8PENCER KATHAN HISTOEY OF LINN COUNTY COl f of the bitterness of feeling that marked its progress. He is widely andfavorably known in Linn county and those which adjoin it, and every-where the esteem bestowed upon him as a farmer and a citizen iscordial, generous and richly deserved. R. SPENCER KATHAN It is an old adage, and as true as it is old, that the Law is a jeal-ous mistress, the implication being that she will brook no worshipfrom her votaries for any goddess but herself. The pleasing subject ofthis brief memoir seems to have been duly impressed with this fact fromthe very beginning of his devotions at the shrine of Themis, for sincehe began the study of law he has been steadily diligent in the prosecu-tion of it, both before and since his admission to the bar, and his indus-try has been rewarded by the acquisition of a comprehensive and accu-rate knowledge of the groundwork of his profession, and, in a moremat
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