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 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 597 allegiance to the party since his earliest vot- ing days; he held membei-ship in the Chris- tian church ; and was affiliated with the jMu- tual Protection League. The mother was born in Callawa.y county, September i, 1857, and is making her home with her son in De- Soto. Roy Stone Marlow spent his early life on the farm in Callaway county and through actual contact and experience became famil- iar with agricultural life in all its phases. He received his preliminary education in the public schools of ]Iartinsburg, graduating therefrom, and also in a special class from the high school of Montgomery City in 1900. Following this he took special work in the University of Missouri and taught in the high school for a period of five years, giving the greatest satisfaction to all concerned. He then took special work in Central Wesleyan College at Warrington, IVIissouri, and finished the same in 1907, in which year he received a degree from that institution. It was in the year named that Professor Marlow became associated with Mr. George Washington Moorhart in his business college work, and ever since that time he has been a part of the teaching force of those excellent institutions, teaching a year at Cape Girardeau; two years at Farmington and two years at De- Soto where he resides at the present time. The student enrollment averages forty. Professor Marlow was married in 1907, Miss Ellen Marie Robertus, of Warrenton, Missouri, becoming his wife, and both young people are held in high regard in the com- munity. They have two young sons, — John William and Addicks Ransom. The subject is a member of the Christian church ; enjoys fellowship with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and follows in the parental footsteps in the matter of politics, being a stanch Democrat. The Moorhart Business College of DeSoto is situated on a hill overlooking the city and is surrounded by beautiful grounds. James A. Henhon. The name of James A. Henson, judge of the probate court, has been identified in an honorable and useful fasliion with the various interests of Washington county since 1898. He is an almost life-long resident of Missouri and lived in Gasconade county for many years previous to coming to Potosi. He is a veteran of the Civil war and one of the pillars of local Republicanism, standing high in party councils. Mr. Hen- son was born in the state of Indiana, Sep- tember 20, 1838, and is the son of Larkin Henson, who was a native of South Carolina, born about 1794. The elder gentleman was a carpenter and builder and was married at about the age of twenty-one years to Susan Hollandsworth. To their union were born five children, of Avliom Judge Henson was the second in order of birth, and an enumeration of the number is as follows : Eliza, deceased ;. James; Robert; Jeanetta, now Mrs. William Davis; and Albert. The father, who was a man of advanced years at the outbreak of the Civil war, was so thoroughly in sympathy with Southern traditions and institutions that he enlisted in the Confederate army, and his death occurred during the great con- flict. He was a stanch Democrat in politics and a member of the Baptist church. When Judge Henson was but a few months old the family removed to Missouri and lo- cated in Gasconade county, where he grew to manhood. He received his early education in the subscription schools and his first ex- periences as a wage-earner were as a worker on various farms. At the outbreak of the Civil war he joined the Union army under General Grant and saw a good deal of hard service, participating in the battles of Wil- son Creek and Vicksburg and many lesser engagements. He was a member of Com- pany F. First Missouri Light Artillery, and he was a brave and valiant soldier, who with the passage of the years has lost no whit of inter- est in the comrades of other days, being prominent in all the "old Boy" doings. When the war was over he returned to Gas- conade county and engaged in farming, and he continued thus engaged until 1898, when he removed to this county. After coming to Potsoi he conducted a dairy for Dr. Noll and then made a successful run for office, receiv- ing the election for justice of the peace and serving in that capacity with faithfulness and efficiency from 1899 to 1903. He was then elected judge of the probate court, which office he still holds, having been twice elected. In many ways he has demonstrated the public spirit which makes him so good and patriotic a citizen, and he never fails to yield hearty support and co-operation to any measure that has appealed to him as likely to be conducive to the public good. In January, 1862, ]Ir. Henson was united in marriage to Mary S. Davis, daughter of