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ington. In the summer of 1870 he removed to Waverly, where he assisted in the organization of the Farmers' Savings Bank, becoming its first cashier. The bank was moved to Marshall in March, 1879. Until 1889 Mr. Gordon served as cashier, but since that year has acted as president of the institution. He has been actively identified with numerous enterprises of a public nature. About 1881, in company with Thomas Boatright, he laid out an addition of about twenty-one acres to the northern part of the town of Marshall, disposing of most of the lots within ninety days. Nearly every lot now has a house upon it, many of them being attractive and costly. He has also been the promoter of several railroads, including an air line from St. Louis to Kansas City, projected in 1886, but which failed to materialize; another line from Sedalia to Miami, unconstructed; and the branch of the Missouri Pacific extending from Lexington to Boonville. Of the last named road he was one of the original promoters in 1887, making the contract with the Missouri Pacific to give the right of way, that company agreeing to build the road. He assisted in the establishment of the Missouri Valley College, in Marshall, contributing liberally of his means to provide for the original expense of the property, and likewise was largely instrumental in securing the location in Marshall of the State Institution for Feeble-Minded Children, erected in 1900. Other local enterprises have also received his hearty co-operation. Though an ardent supporter of the cause of Democracy, he has never consented to become a candidate for public office. He was made a Mason in 1871 at Waverly and has passed the chairs in the lodge, chapter and commandery at Marshall. He was one of the charter members of the commandery in Marshall. Chiefly through his efforts General John S. Marmaduke Camp of United Confederate Veterans of Marshall was instituted, and he has been its only commander.

He is an active member of the Christian Church and has been superintendent of its Sunday school for eighteen years. Mr. Gordon was married December 29, 1868, to Margaret Elizabeth Catron, who was born four and a half miles south of Lexington, and is a daughter of John Catron, who came from Tennessee in boyhood and devoted his life to agriculture. They are the parents of a son, William Catron Gordon, a graduate of the

Marshall High School, the Missouri Valley College and Harvard University, which granted him diplomas, classical and postgraduate, conferring upon him the degrees of bachelor of arts and master of arts. Although but twenty-two years of age, in the fall of 1900 he became instructor in Latin and Greek languages in the high school at St. Paul, Minnesota. For many years Mr. Gordon has been one of the most influential men of affairs in Saline County, devoting time and money toward those movements instituted for the improvement of the community in its various aspects. He is a prudent and sagacious financier, and his advice guides many investors in and about Marshall.

Gorin. An incorporated town in the southeastern part of Scotland County, on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. It is nicely situated, on the North Fabius, and has a good graded public school, three churches, a bank, flouring mill, a newspaper, the "Argus," a hotel, handle factory, and about twenty other business places, including stores and small shops. Population, 1899 (estimated), 1,100.

Gossett, Jacob D., a pioneer Baptist minister of western Missouri, was born November 29, 1818, in Clark County, Kentucky, his ancestors having removed to that State from Virginia at an early day. He was a prominent preacher of the Baptist denomination, and in 1867 came to Missouri, purchasing a farm three miles southwest of Independence. There he resided a number of years, and in 1884 removed to Independence, where he died April 3, 1897, at the age of seventy-eight years and four months. He and his wife, Joan Frances (Ratliff) Gossett, united with the "Regular" Baptist Church in 1853, and during their useful lives they maintained that profession, and honored it by their devotion to the work of God. They were baptized by Elder Matthias Gossett while they were residing in the State of their nativity. Mrs. Gossett was born in Bath County, Kentucky, February 4, 1830, and died January 2, 1900, having almost arrived at the age of three score years and ten. Rev. Gossett was ordained to the work of the Gospel ministry in 1867, and removed to Missouri in the same year. His marriage