. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. rdware stores, one furniture es-tablishment, one millinery store, two blacksmith shops, one racketstore, one hotel and a restaurant. The moral and religious influences of the village are exceptionallystrong and are being constantly advanced. The Baptist, Christian,Cumberland Presbyterian, Southern Methodist and Holiness peopleare represented by strong organizations, the Christians, Holiness andPresbyterians having substantial church edifices. In the way offraternal organizations, the Masonic, Knights of Equity and M
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. rdware stores, one furniture es-tablishment, one millinery store, two blacksmith shops, one racketstore, one hotel and a restaurant. The moral and religious influences of the village are exceptionallystrong and are being constantly advanced. The Baptist, Christian,Cumberland Presbyterian, Southern Methodist and Holiness peopleare represented by strong organizations, the Christians, Holiness andPresbyterians having substantial church edifices. In the way offraternal organizations, the Masonic, Knights of Equity and ModernWoodmen of America, are well represented by flourishing educational interests of the village youths receive proper atten-tion and cultivation at a good school, under the eflicient charge ofMiss Pogue, during the year of 96, the enrollment being forty-five. As a place of residence Prairie Hill has few equals among the vil-lages of the state situated ott the railroad. Its people are sociable,hospitalile and intelligent and are harmonious in their MASTER FRANKLIN AND MISS HELEN ANNIE JAMES, MISS EMMA MATTHEWS AND MISS SUSIE JAMES. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 151 jifAMES F. FOLEY, a youno; man of estahlished character andreputation, highly esteemed liy a large circle of acquaintances inChariton county, may well cono-ratulate himself upon the successthat has crowned his eliorts since he started out in life for place of his birth is Hardin county, Kentucky, his natal day hav-ing been Sept. 20,1869. Rev. Foley, the father and a Baptistminister now residing at MonroeCity, Mo., was born in Russellcounty, Ky., in 1S51, while that ofthe mother, who in her maiden-hood was Miss Sarah J. Rexroat,occurred one year latter in thesame state. To them were borneleven children, all now livincr,our subject being the eldest. James F. passed his early youthupon a farm, and attended the dis-trict schools of the immediateneigh))orhof)d. In
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