. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. THOMAS C ETCHER. 36 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL JOSEPH W. MCCLURG. Jefferson county, January 22,1827. In 1860 he advocated theelection of Mr. Lincohi and after-wards endorsed the course of Lyonand Bhiir. Joseph W. McClurg was bornin St. Louis county, Missouri,February 22, 1818; taught schoolin Louisiana and Mississippi atthe age of IT, and was a deputysheriff in St Louis before he wastwenty-one. In 1841 he locatedin Texas and was admitted to thebar; in 1841 engaged in the mer-cantile business in Missouri; was
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. THOMAS C ETCHER. 36 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL JOSEPH W. MCCLURG. Jefferson county, January 22,1827. In 1860 he advocated theelection of Mr. Lincohi and after-wards endorsed the course of Lyonand Bhiir. Joseph W. McClurg was bornin St. Louis county, Missouri,February 22, 1818; taught schoolin Louisiana and Mississippi atthe age of IT, and was a deputysheriff in St Louis before he wastwenty-one. In 1841 he locatedin Texas and was admitted to thebar; in 1841 engaged in the mer-cantile business in Missouri; wasColonel of the Osage Regiment of Infantry, and also of a cavalry regiment; a member of the State Con-vention in 1862; was a Representative from Missouri to the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses. Elected Governor ofMissouri in 1868 and was a candidate for re-election in 1870 but wasdefeated. In 1889 he was appointed by President Harrison, Registerof the United States Land Office at Springfield, Mo. B. Gratz Brown was born inLexington, Kentucky, May 28,1826; graduated at Yale in 1847;studied law in Louisville, a
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