History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri . He then, in 1887, went to CoW-gill, and clerked in the Farmers Bank there for six months. Mr. Trosperthen began farming and in 1889 moved to his present farm, which wasthen owned by his uncles, James and William Trosper. In 1917 Mr. Tros-per bought the farm, and has made extensive improvements. Mr. Trosper was married Sept. 21, 1887, to Mina G. Pullen, of Livings-ton County, a daughter of William A. and Sarah (Blackburn) Pullen, na-tives of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Pullen were among the early settlers ofMissouri, living east of Jamesport on a far
History of Daviess and Gentry counties, Missouri . He then, in 1887, went to CoW-gill, and clerked in the Farmers Bank there for six months. Mr. Trosperthen began farming and in 1889 moved to his present farm, which wasthen owned by his uncles, James and William Trosper. In 1917 Mr. Tros-per bought the farm, and has made extensive improvements. Mr. Trosper was married Sept. 21, 1887, to Mina G. Pullen, of Livings-ton County, a daughter of William A. and Sarah (Blackburn) Pullen, na-tives of Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Pullen were among the early settlers ofMissouri, living east of Jamesport on a farm. Mrs. Pullen died in Breck-enridge, in 1916, where she and her husband had lived for some time. died in 1920 at the home of Mr. Trosper, at the age of 87 years. Mr. and Mrs. William B. Trosper are the parents of six children:Naomi, the wife of R. H. Lane, Ark City, Kan.; Bernice, the wife of L. , Des Moines, la.; Genevieve, wife of Clarence Norman, HarrisonTownship, Daviess County; Juanita, Kansas City, Mo.; Nicholas L., at. MR. AND MRS. W. B. TROSPER THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS 8 L HISTORY OF DAVIESS AND GENTRY COUNTIES 689 home, and Robert B. Nicholas L. Trosper is a World War veteran, beingassigned to Camp Funston and later sent to Ilaleigh, N. C. He was station-ed there for three months, then one month at Charlotte, N. C. He wasdischarged at Camp Pike, Ark. William B. Trospers father served in the Mormon War, and his grand-father, Nicholas Trosper was in a disturbance at Gallatin in 1838 whenBenedict Weldon was making a speech. A crowd of Mormons gatheredand attacked Mr. Weldon, but his life was saved through the efforts ofNicholas Trosper and Martin Osborn, and for a time the Mormons Wererouted. Nicholas Trosper and his wife, Rachel (Brank) Trosper werenatives of North Carolina, and in June 1837, they settled on the farm nowowned by William Trosper. Mr. Trosper is a Democrat, and has been township trustee of HarrisonT
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