Ben Bragg, 6th child of George and Nancy Bragg, was born and raised in southern Adair County.  He married Portia F Dowdy in La Plata, Macon County, Feb 13, 1879.  [1870 Census; Macon Co Marriages]

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James Mikel was born on a farm just northwest of La Plata in southern Adair County. Although he continued to live on the farm as an adult, he made his living as a partner in the Mikel & Shaffer Insurance Agency of La Plata.   James was married twice; his first wife, Amy Hood, died in 1896. He died late one evening while walking home from town after a late winter snow storm.  His body was found in a snow drift the next morning.   [Democrat obit; Adair Co Cemeteries]

George Nicholas was born and raised just west of Millard on one of the largest farms in Adair County. He inherited the property at the death of his father and continued farming there the rest of his life.  In 1886, he married Frances Willard who was born in Adams County, IL but had lived near Millard since early childhood. Their only child, James (1874-1939), is pictured with them here. [KDE obits; Adair Co Cemeteries]

Henry Osborn, the son of John & Elizabeth (Bell) Osborn, was born and raised just east of the Chariton River in the Yarrow community of southwestern Adair County.  He farmed in the same vicinity his entire life and died just a quarter mile from the place of his birth. [KDE obit]

Squire RJ Richey of Millard was born in Ohio and came to Missouri as a teenager. He worked for many years as a clerk in a general store and in later life was Justice of the Peace for Pettis Township.  He and Nancy Williams married in 1869 and had at least one child, Carrie.  The couple are buried at Stuckey Cemetery. [1860 & 1870 Census; Graphic obit; Adair Co Cemeteries; MO Death Certf]

Adair County native Joseph Stuckey was born on a farm just southwest of Millard.  “Mintie” Sewell was born just over the line in Macon County line but was raised in Adair County.  The couple made the Stuckey family farm their permanent home after their 1882 marriage.  Grover Cleveland (1886-1980), their older son, became Professor of Anatomy at Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery.   The younger son Henry, born after this picture was taken, practiced osteopathy in Texas.  [Violette; KDE obits]