From the 1888 Goodspeed, "History of Lincoln County, Missouri", page 636
Brice H. Wommack, farmer and stock raiser, of Lincoln County, Mo., and a
native of the same, was born December 4, 1851, and is a son of Richard and
Elizabeth (Hammond) Wommack. He was educated in the common schools and at
Troy, and taught one term of school, but the confinement of such a life did
not agree with him, and he engaged in farming. He has been successful in
this calling and owns about 600 acres of valuable land. He is a Democrat in
his political views, and he and wife are worthy members of the Christian
Church. In 1873 he married Hannah H., daughter of Francis B. Clare. She
was born in Lincoln County, September 5, 1856, and is the mother of three
children--Elizabeth, Richard F. and Roy C.
202. Edna Wommack
Ella MIDDELKAMP
Birth Date: 5 Feb 1887
Death Date: Nov 1984
Social Security Number: 497-44-0088
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Missouri
204. William Wommack
WILLIAM WOMMACK 10 Dec 1891 Sep 1972 63379 (Troy, Lincoln, MO) (none specified) 495-18-7883 Missouri
William WOMMACK
Birth Date: 10 Dec 1891
Death Date: Sep 1972
Social Security Number: 495-18-7883
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: Missouri
209. Ella Mae Clare
never married
FENTEM SUSAN ELLEN 05/16/1862 GRAY CLARE F MISSOURI MERCED
92. Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Clare
from obituary: ...She was a person that enjoyed life and enjoyed people,
especially young people. Her grandchildren were her greatest pleasure during
her later years. Her home was always open to company, which she so thoroughly
enjoyed. Her kindliness and hospitality will be long remembered by all who
were privileged to know her.
Biography of Henry Herman Eversmeyer, 1865 - 1943
Henry Herman Eversmeyer was born in Clark Township, near Wright City, in Lincoln County, Missouri on the 7th of February 1865. He was the third son and seventh child of John Adolph and Anna Margaretta Schaper Eversmeyer. He received the education and rearing of the average farmer's boy, and remained with his parents until the age of twenty-five. On Thursday evening, the 12th of June, 1890, he was married to Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Clare, observed by an overflowing gathering of family and friends in the Elm Grove Christian Church in Troy, Missouri.
Mr. Eversmeyer was in partnership in a general store with his wife's brother, William Daniel Clare, in Montgomery City, Missouri. Letterhead dated 1891 from that store [in the possession of David Thompson] reads: DRY GOODS, NOTION'S, HATS, BOOTS, AND SHOES; STAPLE & FANCY GROCERIES, ETC. In February 1906, H. H. Eversmeyer (as he was most often referred by) purchased a partnership in the Duncan and Howell livestock and merchandise store in Hawk Point, Missouri from W. L Duncan. He owned this for only two years and the store then became the ENTERPRISE, which years later, from 1941 until her retirement, H.H. Eversmeyer's daughter, Vira, was manager of this store.
From the Hawk Point, Harvest of Memories book, we learn that in February 1907, W. L. Duncan, H.H. Eversmeyer and some 40 other taxpayers petitioned the county for incorporation of Hawk Point as a town. The charter was granted on March 11, 1907, with H.H. Eversmeyer as one of the original trustees. By 1921, his son, Frank L. Eversmeyer was also a prominent figure on the town board. H. H. Eversmeyer was also in the banking business in Hawk Point, and when George MiddleKamp became State Treasurer for Missouri in 1916, H.H. Eversmeyer took over active management of the bank until his son, Frank succeeded him in 1920 until it's closing on March 9, 1924 when the Peoples Bank of Hawk Point opened. And yet another Hawk Point business of H. H. Eversmeyer was the hardware-lumber store in which he purchased around 1917. Mr. Eversmeyer sold half interest to S.M. Davis and Frank Eversmeyer worked in the store, expanding the business to include buggies and farm implements. H.H. Eversmeyer later sold his remaining interest in the store to J. C. Giles sometime before 1919, when that interest was sold to W. H. Duncan and it became D and D Hardware. Some 50 years later, H. H. Eversmeyer's grandsons, John L. Eversmeyer and Donald Thompson were among a group of investors who purchased the Duncan Hardware in 1969, with John Eversmeyer as manager. The business was sold in 1971.
Henry Herman Eversmeyer was a lay leader in the Community Church of Hawk Point, which originally had been a Disciples of Christ Church, but became a multi-denominational group in 1921. He and Betty were the parents of five children, Mary Vira, Francis Lesley, John Earnest, Ruby Elvena Thompson and Laura Gray Combs. His grandson, David Thompson, recalls him in this way: "He was a tall, slender, slightly stooped man with a mustache, and chewed tobacco. He was kind hearted, and deeply devoted to his family. The grandchildren loved to visit them; their grandmother (Maw-Maw) always had home baked oatmeal cookies - they were the best! Paw-Paw, as they called him, taught them some German words, as this was the language spoken by his parents in the home when they were growing up. He was always in church on Sunday mornings. On Saturday nights he always listened to the 'Grand Old Opera' on the radio. He was well liked in the community and always ready to lend a helping hand. He was a merchant - having a store in Montgomery County before moving to Hawk Point, where they lived many years. He also enjoyed and took great pride in raising a good garden. He never owned a car. He had a very easy going disposition."
I do not know what businesses H. H. Eversmeyer continued with for the 20 years from 1920 to 1940, but his obituary says that he retired only 3 years prior to his death due to ill health. He died on the 21st of March 1943, and is buried in the Troy Cemetery. His wife, Mary Elizabeth is buried next to him, her death occurring on the 12th of September 1951.
Written March 2001, by Leanna Smith Eversmeyer, wife of Larry Dale Eversmeyer, great grandson of H. H. Eversmeyer
from obituary: ... Mr. Eversmeyer was a business man, merchant and banker in
Hawk Point since its beginning until his retirement three years ago because of
ill health.
218. Mary Vira Eversmeyer
from p. 45 of Hawk Point History, "...To at least two generations of Hawk
Pointers, one name is virtually synonymous with the Enterprise. Mis Vira
Eversmeyer whose father H.H. Eversmeyer was one of the early owners, managed
the store for many years - from 1941 until her retirement. To many, Miss Vira
was The Enterprise..." The Enterprise was purchased by Mr. Eversmeyer in 1906,
who sold out two years later. The business mainly sold groceries and dry goods
with emphasis on the former, but qualified as general stores by offering a
variety of goods.
Obituary:
MRS. WM. M. WHITE
Candace Myrtle, youngest daughter of George William and Sarah Batie Gray Fenten, was born on a farm east of what is now the town of Buell, on February 16, 1868, and died at 5:30 p.m. April 14, 1940.
When she was six months old, the family moved to Clark county, Missouri, where she grew to womanhood. On May 15, 1890, she was married to Wm. M. White. To this union three children were born - Katherine who lives at home; Mary (Mrs. Frank Farnen) of Kansas City; and Virginia Batie of Lafayette, Ind. all of whom, with the four grandchildren, remain to cherish the memory of a beautiful personality.
Mr. White preceded her in death May 20, 1930.
Mrs. White was a quiet person with a keen sense of justice, a refreshing sense of humor, an appreciatiton of the beautiful and a heart and hand untiring in welldoing.
She became ill in December, 1938, and since has been very frail. During this time she has gallantly accepted the following philosophy: [poem omitted]
Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Tuesday afternoon by Rev. Fred Armstrong of Dexter and Rev. Fred Statler of this city. Burial took place in the White cemetery, north of town.
Those from out of town attending the funeral were: Mrs. J.C. Sewell, Wheaton, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farnen and children, Kansas City; Mrs. G. Prost, St. Louis; Dr. Bertha Beasley, Misses Adelia Weis and Letha Knight, Columbia; Miss Ivalee Blue, Moberly.
Mrs. Katherine Joyce White Hupe 12 Oct 1891# 18 May 1975 22 May 1975 Montgomery City Standard
EDWARD HUPE 28 Jun 1881 Jun 1964 (Missouri) (none specified) 531-07-3582 Washington
Miss Virginia Batie White abt 74 6 Feb 1971 11 Feb 1971 Montgomery City Standard
118. Lee Price Gray
Van Buren, Iowa Records
Obituary of Anna Avesta Gray: Ottumwa Daily Courier, Feb. 11, 1963
Mrs. Anna Avesta Gray, 91, died Saturday at 6 a.m. in the
Farmington Rest Home. She had been in failing health for years.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. in the Baptist Church with
the Rev. Eugene Shipp officiating. Burial will be in Greenglade
Cemetery. The body, which is at Miller's Home For Funerals in
Farmington, will be taken to the church at noon Tuesday.
She was born July 27, 1871, in Charleston, Iowa, the daughter of
John and Naomi Cox Hufford. She was a lifelong resident of this
community. She married Lee Gray on Feb. 21, 1888 at the home of her
parents near here. The couple celebrated their 70 th wedding
anniversary in 1958 and Mr. Gray died July 13, 1958.
She was a member of the Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons; Norval P. Gray of Cantril and Paul
Gray of Mount Pleasant; two daughters, Mrs. Edgar Hohl of Donnellson
and Mrs. Jay Hassler of Farmington; a brother, Flint Hufford on New
Orleans, La; two sisters, Mrs Maude Slater of Arkansas and Mrs. Rilla
Seth of Independence, Mo.; nine grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by three sons, three
brothers and three sisters.
236. Paul M. Gray
Obituary of Paul M. Gray:
Paul M. Gray, 51, passed away Friday in Veterans hospital at Des
Moines.
He was born south of Farmington on Ja. 7, 1912, the son of Lee and
Anna Arvesta Hufford Gray. He never married. Mr. Gray was a veteran of
World War II.
Surviving are a brother, Norval, of Cantril; two sisters, Mrs.
Edgar Hohl, of Donnellson, and Mrs. Jay Hassler, of Farmington; and
several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Millers' Home for Funerals
with the Rev. Eugene Shipp officiating. Burial was in Greenglade
cemetery. Graveside military service was conducted by the American
Legion.
119. Charles D. Gray
Your notes show Isaac Price Gray's son Charles D. with wife Ruth
Adkins while he is in the 1910 census of Farmington Twp. with a wife Ida
M. Must be a second marriage. Ron Mace. Cedar Rapids, IA