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 HISTORY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 659 cient service, wliieli is evidenced by the fact that he was returned to oiSce upon the ex- piration of his first term, thus making liis tenure of that office eight years. In 1907 he entered the People's Bank in the capacity of assistant cashier, soon becoming cashier, a position of trust and responsibility which he held until the consolidation of the bank with the Bollinger county institution, June 7, 1911, upon which he assumed the po.sition of as- sistant cashier of the Consolidated Bank. Be- sides stock in the bank, iir. Mciliun is a di- rector and one of the principal stockholders of the Peoples Telephone Company, an In- dependent Company now operating in Bol- linger, Wayne, Madison, Cape Girardeau, Iron and Stoddard counties; is also a stock- holder and director of the Lutesville Milling Company ; has a half interest in a tract of farming and woodland of one thousand nine hundred and seventy acres, and himself owns one thousand eight hundred and fifty acres and some fine residence property in ilarble Hill. In 1903 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. McMinn to Miss Maude Conrad, the charm- ing and accomplished daughter of Judge Conrad, of Bollinger county. She was sum- moned to eternal rest in April, 1909v leaving one son, Samuel Joseph, Jr., born in 1904. Mr. ]Ic]Iinn "s cordial personality finds nat- ural outlet in his fraternal relations, and he is a prominent member of the esteemed Ma- sonic order, being affiliated with the A. F. & A. M. at Fredericktown, the Commandery at Cape Girardeau, and having taken the thirty- second degree, Scottish Rite, at Saint Louis. ]Ir. ]Mc]Iinn is also a member of the Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks, the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees, in all of which he maintains an active interest. T. C. McHaitoy. a prosperous druggist of Senath, and one of its substantial and prominent business men, T. C. ilcHaney is an imjiortant factor in promoting its advance- ment, and is held in high repute as a man and a citizen. He was born April 22, 1876, in Hen- derson county, Tennessee, where he was bred and educated. Beginning life for himself at the age of seventeen years, Mr. MeHaney entered a drug store as a clerk, and proved himself so well adapted for the business that he made himself familiar with its every detail, in due course of time becoming a .skilled pharmacist. In 1901 he located at Senath, Missouri, where he has since built up a large and lucrative trade, his patronage having steadily increased from year to year. He has made wise investments in real estate, and now owns a farm of eighty acres lying about two miles from Senath, and this he rents to tenants, who devote al- most the entire tract to the growing of cotton. Mr. MeHaney married, April 20, 1903, Grace Sando, who was liorn in Indiana, but was brought up in Dunklin county, ^lissouri, her early home having been near Cotton Plant. The following children have been born of their union, namely: Robert, Neal, James, Elizabeth and Nellie. Politically Mr. Me- Haney is an earnest suporter of the prin- ciples of the Democratic party, and in local campaigns is cjuite active. Fraternally he belongs to the Woodmen of the World, ilrs. JIcHaney is a most estimable woman, and a valued member of the Christian Church. Felix J. Parkin. A citizen of prominence and influence at Fredericktown, IMissouri, is Judge Felix J. Parkin, who gave efficient service for a period of four years as county .iudge of Madison county, retiring from that office in 1910. At the present time he is en- gaged in the abstract business, having launched out into that line of enterprise in 1900. Judge Parkin was born in Madison county, Missouri, on the 18th of September, 1859, his parents being Joseph T. and Mary (Lanpher) Parkin. The father, who is still living, resides at Fredericktown and the mother passed to the life eternal in 1876, at the age of thirty-seven years. Joseph T. Parkin was likewise born in Madison county, this state, and he is descended from stanch English stock, his father, Joseph Parkin, having immigrated to America from Eng- land prior to the year 1818. On his arrival in the United States Joseph Parkin proceeded directly to Missouri, locating in Jladison county, where he entered a tract of govern- ment land, the same consisting of six hun- dred and forty acres. At one time he oper- ated a grist mill in Madison county 'and he was the first miner in southeastern Missouri to use powder. He and his brother, Thomas Parkin, with others, came together from Eng- land. The Parkin brothers conducted a mill one mile west of Fredericktown, in 1838, and subsequently they were engaged in min- ing and milling enterprises for a number of