. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. FLOURING MILL OF J. VAN BUSKIRK, TRADE, MO. he was reared to manhood upon a farm, receiving a good ordinary ed-ucation. In 1862 he went to Colorado where he first engaged infreighting and later in ranching, meeting with prosperous suc-cess. In 1882 he disposed of his interest there and returning to thisstate, locating, in Clark township, at a point commonly known asLongs Mill. Here Mr. Van Buskirk owns 117 acres of valuable land,which he cultivates with profit. Aside from farming and stock rais- 132 PORTRAIT AND BIO
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. FLOURING MILL OF J. VAN BUSKIRK, TRADE, MO. he was reared to manhood upon a farm, receiving a good ordinary ed-ucation. In 1862 he went to Colorado where he first engaged infreighting and later in ranching, meeting with prosperous suc-cess. In 1882 he disposed of his interest there and returning to thisstate, locating, in Clark township, at a point commonly known asLongs Mill. Here Mr. Van Buskirk owns 117 acres of valuable land,which he cultivates with profit. Aside from farming and stock rais- 132 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAT. RECORD. ing, he is the proprietor of ii kirfje and flourishino^ patent roller flour-ing mill, which is a standing monunient to the enterprise and progress-ive spirit of its owner and founder. This mill ])rior to 94 was an or-dinary water grist mill, but in that year it was remodeled throughout,enlarged and supplied with three stands of rollers, a 35-horse powerengine and 40-horse power boiler, made by the Aerial Iron Works,having a capacity of 35 l)arrels per day
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