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 634 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI father's farm. At the age of eighteen he left the farm to work for his uncle in the mei'- cantile business and remained here for ten years, always an efficient and careful worker. In 1872 ilr. Clippard and his sisters in- herited jointly an estate of one hundred and thirty-five acres. The brother bought out his sisters and operated the farm for twenty years. In 1892 he sold this farm and bought two hundred and seventy-five acres near Laf- lin, Missouri. Mr. Clippard is also the owner of one hundred acres near Leopold. In the town itself he holds three and a half lots besides a large general merchandise store. He has conducted this mercantile business since 1892 with notable success. Mr. Clippard was married in 1876, to Miss Katie Manning, daughter of Herman and Fronie Manning, natives of Germany. Six children were born of this marriage, three of whom are still living: E. W., aged twenty- six; Early, aged nineteen; and Mary Clip- pard, aged twenty-three. The mother of these children died in 1901. In 1903 Mr. Clippard married Miss Josephine GeronisMe, a native of Germany. Two daughters have been born to them, namely: Ella, born in 1904, and Alma, born in 1907. ilr. Clippard is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church. Politically he is a loyal and consistent Democrat. His effi- ciency in office is indicated by the fact that he has been postmaster since 1902. Thomas W. Schultz^ court stenographer for the Twenty-second judicial circuit, is a young man who has attained prominence not only in Kennett, but throughout Dunklin county. If we should look for the cause of his success we might recall the fact that in his veins flows the blood of Germany, France and America, and Mr. Schultz has inherited from each country qualities which largely account for his advancement. Combined with the industry of the Germans we find in his personality the vivacity of the French and the enterprise of the Americans. IIr. Schultz was born at Hornersville, Dunklin county, December 16, 1881. This also is the native county of Francis M. Schultz, his father, who was bom June 11, 1838, and Ms grandfather was one of the pioneers of this section, whither he came about 1830. Previous to tliis date he had re- sided in Stoddard countj^ for a period of nine years, having migrated from Tennessee to Missouri in 1821. Tennessee was the com- monwealth to which Grandfather Schultz owes his birth and his early education, but although his family had been amongst the early settlers of that state, his ancestors orig- inated in Germany. After coming to Dunk- lin county ilr. Schultz was uniformly successful and was accounted one of its most substantial and honorable citizens. The homestead there became endeared to him, being the one in which he was married and where his children were born and reared to childhood years. Before they had grown to be young men and women, however, the father died, leaving the chilch-en to be brought up by their mother, who lived to see them all doing well, and she died on the farm where her married life had so profitably and hap- pily passed. The son, Francis, after the death of his father, spent much of his early life with the In- dians along Little river, taking keen delight in the companionship of those untutored but in- telligent people. When a young man, Fran- cis M. Schultz was married to Angeline Dun- away, who was born in New Madrid county, near Portage, and descended from an old French family of pioneers who had settled along the Missouri river in that section of the state. At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Schultz enlisted in the Confederate army and served until hostilities ceased. After he was mustered out he went to Hornersville, Dunklin county, where he settled on a farm and has since followed agricultural pursuits continually. There he and his wife still live, content to feel that they are i^erforming their modest jjart for the good of the community. ]Mr. Schultz has always been a good Demo- crat, at all times staunch in the support of his party, but personally having no desire for political office. Thomas W. Schultz, as noted, was brought up on his father's farm. As soon as he was of proper age he was sent to the public schools at Hornersville, and after finishing their prescribed course entered a business college at Quincy, Illinois, August 31, 1910, where he received a thorough training, espe- cially in stenography. In 1899, when eigh- teen years of age, he commenced work in the post-office and general stores and was thus employed for the ensuing eight years. At the expiration of that time, in 1907, he lo- cated at the town of Senath, where he earned a fine reputation as an insurance agent. In