Re: Cass County Missouri Edelen's
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Cass County Missouri Edelen's
12/18/00
Tommy, I assume that William H. Edelen is William Hall Edelen, my great uncle.He was the son of William Bruce Edelen and Eveline B. McAfee.I am attaching a biography from "History of Cass Co." to give you some background information.
Source:History of Cass County, pages 379 - 381.
H. B. Edelen, owner and proprietor of 'Fair View Stock Farm", is one of the progressive and widely known stock men of Cass County.He was born near Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, November 25, 1860, and is son of William B. and Evelyn (McAfee) Edelen, natives of Kentucky.William B. Edelen was born at Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky, October 27, 1827.He was a son of Len Edelen, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, and a descendant of a member of the colony which founded Baltimore, who came to this country with Lord Baltimore.Len. Edelen and a brother went to Kentucky at an early day and settled in Lebanon, where he spent his life, engaged in the manufacture of hats.He died April 15, 1865.
Evelyn Breckenridge McAfee, mother of H. B. Edelen was born in Kentucky, November 27, 1832, and died in Cass County, October 27, 1914.She was a daughter of General Robert B. McAfee and was born on the family estate on Salt River in Mercer County.General McAfee was educated for the law and at one time was ambassador to one of the South American countries.He was in the diplomatic service of the United States for a number of years and was prominent in his day and time.During his lifetime he wrote a history of Kentucky, which is considered one of the best early histories of that state.
William B. Edelen was engaged in the drug business in early life at Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, and later removed to Jessamine County.This was about 1866 and he was engaged in farming and stock raising about nine miles from Nicholsville, until he came to Missouri with his family in 1872, reaching Cass County, January 22.They came by boat as far as Cairo, Illinois, making the trip on the "Robert Mitchell" and "Dove".From Cairo they made the trip to Pleasant Hill by rail.In 1874 the father bought a farm in Mt. Pleasant township where he was successfully engaged in farming and stock raising until his death, March 24, 1898.His wife and the mother of the subject of this sketch, departed this life October 27, 1914.The father was prominent in the affairs of Cass County during his life time and was an unusually well educated man, and was an especially fine penman.He was a staunch supporter of the policies and principles of the Democratic party and both he and his wife were consistent members of the Presbyterian church.They were the parents of eight children as follows:Laura, born November 20, 1853, married C. H. Moore, died October 12, 1895; James McAfee, born August 17, 1855, resides in Kansas City; William Hall, born November 9, 1858, and is now deceased; H. B., the subject of this sketch; Lubel, born January 1, 1863, married J. H. Young, Belton, Missouri; William Hall, born March 21, 1865, resides at Cleveland, Missouri; Thomas Brown, born November 10, 1869, Oakland, California; and Robert Leonard born June 15, 1871, and died July 1, 1871.
H. B. Edelen was twelve years old when he came to Cass County with his parents and thus received his education in the public schools of his native state and Cass County. He remained on the home farm with his father until he was twenty-fiveyears of age, when he engaged in farming and stock raising on his own account and since that time has resided on "Fair View Stock Farm" which he now owns, with the exception of four years.This is one of the fine farms of Cass County and contains two hundred and four acres.Mr. Edelen carries on general farming and stock raising and specializes in registered Shorthorn cattle, saddle horses and registered jacks and jennetts, and is without a doubt the most successful breeder of high class registered jacks in Cass County.He has justly won the reputation of producing some of the best pedigreed horses in the state, for which he has generally found a ready market at profitable prices.He is also well known as a successful raiser of Duroc Jersey hogs, usually marketing about two carloads each year.For a number of years he was extensively engaged in feeding and shipping stock, but in recent years has not given that industry so much attention.
Mr. Edelen was united in marriage December 11, 1889, at Pleasant Hill, Missouri, with Miss Anna I. Brown, a native of Boyle County, born January 30, 1865.She is a daughter of Stephen E. and Margaret (Meyer) Brown, natives of Kentucky, the former of Washington County, and the latter of Boyle County.The father was born October 9, 1833, and died August 19, 1915, and the mother was born April 25, 1841, and died February 10, 1910.Her maternal grandfather, David Ansel Meyer, was a native of North Carolina and came to Kentucky when nineteen years old, settling in Boyle County, where he spent the remainder of his life.Mrs. Edelen came to Cass County with her parents, reaching Pleasant Hill, December 24, 1879, and the parents spent the remainder of their lives in that locality.They had five children, as follows:Anna I., the wife of H. B. Edelen, the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Ardie Smith, Nespelum, Washington; Edward Ansel, banker, Crawford, Colorado; Mrs. Eleanor Schieser, Greenville, California; and William Cecil, Denver, Colorado.
To H. B. Edelen and wife have been born the following children:Brown Y., married Eugenia Youmans, and resides in Peculiar township; Margaret, married Burford Harris, Harrisonville, Missouri; Ansel C., deceased, and Mary Evelyn, a student.
Mr. Edelen is a Democrat and has always taken a commendable interest in politics and has held local offices of trust and responsibility, and has been solicited to become a candidate for county office, but so far has declined.He is a stockholder and director of the Farmers National Bank of Pleasant Hill and was one of the organizers of that well known and substantial financial institution, and has served on the board of directors since its organization.He is a member of the time honored Masonic lodge and also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.He and Mrs. Edelen are members of the Presbyterian church.The members of the Edelen family rank among the representative people of Cass County, and Mr. Edelen is one of our most sustantial citizens.
Please let me know if this is your ggf.
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