The Schooler Family of Jasper County, Missouri

HON. JOHN N. SCHOOLER, farmer and stock-dealer. Prominent among the early settlers of Jasper county appears the name of the subject of this brief sketch. He was born in Allen county, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1838, where lie was reared until seventeen 3'ears of age, when he came with his parents to southwest Missouri, and settled on Dry Fork Creek, in Jasper county, where his residence now is. At the breaking out of the war he was a staunch Union man, and at the occupation of the county by the Federal troops under the redoubtable Sigel, Mr. Schooler, from his perfect knowledge of the country, was chosen guide to that general, which he faithfully fulfilled until relieved from that duty on the morning of the battle of Carthage. He subsequently removed with his parents to Ringgold county, Iowa, where he married Miss Mary J. Homewood, a native of Ohio, March 25, 1866. She died in Jasper county, Mo., March 3, 1872, leaving two children, Nettie Lynn and Mary Louisa. He was married again April 13, 1876, to Miss Clara L. Murphy, a native of Ohio, from which union there are two children Katie T. and Frank J. His farm, Springdale, consists of 800 acres, 500 acres under plow, and 300 acres in pasture and woodland. The improvements are excelled by none in the county. On the farm is a good substantial stone residence, large barn, and out-buildings; also a fine spring, from which the farm takes its name, bushes forth convenient to the buildings, and flows a fine stream of clear, pure water, forming the principal tributary to Dry Fork Creek. Mr. Schooler, though never an aspirant for political honors, was elected to the Thirty-second General Assembly of the State of Missouri, on the Republican ticket, in 1882, and represented the people of the county fairly and impartially in the sessions of that honorable body, with profit to his constituency and credit to himself.

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WILLIAM R. SCHOOLER. Very prominent among the successful farmers and stock-raisers of Sheridan township is the subject of this sketch. He was born July 1, ISli, in Allen county, Ohio, and is the son of Isaac and Sarah Schooler, who were very early settlers of Jasper county. Mo. His father was born in Vermont and his mother in New Jersey, moving to Ohio in 1818, and were pioneers. They had four children, the subject of this sketch being the youngest child. When he was nine years old he moved with his parents to Knox county, Ohio, and there received a good common school education. In 1857 he moved with his parents to Jasper county. Mo., locating in Madison township, and engaged in farming until 1861. The subject of this sketch then went to Fort Scott, Kan., and engaged in merchandising and built up a large and successful business. In 1871 he sold out and returned to Jasper county, Mo., locating in Madison township, and for four years engaged in stock-raising and farming. He was married Nov. 13, 1875, to Miss Ida Whittemore, who was born Feb. 4, 1853, in Wisconsin, the daughter of James and Annie Whittemore, her father being a native of Kentucky and her mother of Massachusetts. They moved to Jasper county, Mo., in 1867, locating in Madison township. Mr. Schooler bought his present farm and moved on the same in 1876. He now has 720 acres, all well improved, 475 acres under cultivation; has a fine two-story frame residence, located upon high ground, from which he has a fine view of the surrounding country and can see for miles in all directions; has two large barns and other good buildings; has two good wells and two living springs, from one of which he can water any part of the farm. He handles about 150 head of cattle and from 400 to 500 head of hogs per year, and is one of the most extensive farmers and stock-feeders in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Schooler have four children, named Lillie, Allen, Frederick, and George.

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E. LEE SCHOOLER.

There is not and never will be better stock in America than the so-called Revolutionary stock. American interests are certainly safe in the hands of men who have descended from those who fought for American independence. \i. Lee Schooler, of Webb City, Missouri, is a descendant of one who fought in the Revolutionary war to gain the nation's freedom and also of one who fought in the war of 1813 to maintain our country's rights. He is a son of Samuel and Mary (Ilanimel) Schooler, the former a brother of the late Hon. Isaac Schooler, of Jasper county, Missouri, and a grandson of the Hon. John Schooler, of Knox county, Ohio, long a member of the Ohio state legislature. Much that is interesting concerning the early history of his family is included in the biographical sketch of the Hon. John X. Schooler, which appears in this work.

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ISAAC SCHOOLER, Jr., farmer and stock raiser, post-office Jasper, was born in Auglaize county, Ohio, July 14, 1848, and was reared and educated in the common schools of Auglaize county. He is the son of John and Hannah Schooler, natives of Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch remained at home, working on the farm, until Aug. 25, 1867. He was then married to Dulcina Jacobs, daughter of Samuel and Nancy Jacobs, natives of Ohio. Mr. Schooler moved to Jasper county and located on his present farm in March, 1881. He now has a fine farm of 160 acres, with good fences, two living springs, 120 acres under cultivation, a good house and buildings; he also has a good orchard, and raises all kinds of fruit raised in this section of country. Mr. Schooler handles from fifty to one hundred head of hogs per year, and has fifty-three head of Short-Horn cattle. He is well known, and himself and family stand high in the community. His politics are Democratic. Mr. and Mrs. Schooler have three children: Jennie, Florence, and Johnnie.

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