(Attorney at Law, Kingston, Mo.)
Mr. McAfee is a good example of what can be accomplished in life when a thorough determination to succeed in any calling is coupled with energy, perseverance and close application in the direction chosen.
From his earliest recollection up to the age of 18, his time was occupied with the monotonous duties of farm life, but at that period, becoming desirous of supplementing the primary education which he had received in the vicinity of his home with a more thorough knowledge such as could be obtained in advanced institutions of learning, he left the parental homestead and for some time worked as a farm laborer in order to obtain the means with which to prosecute his studies. Subsequently he attended Johnson College, where his career was marked with rapid advancement. Now thoroughly qualified to enter upon a career which was destined to be a bright one, he engaged in teaching school, and for four terms taught in Kingston. He was one of the first teachers, acting as first assistant, to occupy the new school building here, teaching in it three terms. Mr. McAfee had long been eager to follow the practice of law as his profession in life and in February, 1873, he commenced its study. The same characteristics which marked his progress at school were prominent in his legal studies, and after a thorough course of instruction in the office of Dunn & Johnson he was admitted to the bar in June, 1876. The same year he was elected prosecuting attorney of the county and again in 1878. His practice is steadily and substantially increasing and his outlook for the future is promising. Mr. McAfee was born in Blue Lick, Clark county, Ind., September 19, 1850. His father, Hamilton McAfee, also a native of that State, was a cooper by trade and in 1865 came to Caldwell county. Mo., embarking in agricultural
pursuits. His wife was formerly Hannah Hosea, of the same State as himself. She died in the spring of 1876. The father is now living in St. Joseph.
Mr. William McAfee was married April 1, 1875, to Miss Marium Johnson, (daughter of Capt. E. D. Johnson. She is native to Caldwell county. They have one child, Agnes.
Mr. McA. belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the A. F. and A. M. orders.
From: History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri
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Born in Blue Lick, Clark County, Indiana
The Hamilton Farmer's Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri March 30, 1916
A Caldwell Lawyer Forty Years
Judge William McAfee has been practicing law in Caldwell county for almost forty years, having been admitted to the bar in June, 1876.
Forty three years ago last month, February 22 - to be exact, Judge McAfee, then a young man, and his father, carried his truck to the Chain House in Kingston and he began the reading of law in the office of the late Crosby Johnson. The elder McAfee brought his wife and four children from Indiana to this county in 1865. Judge McAfee says they reached Hamilton on January 17 of that year and went to the home of Judge McAfee's grandfather, William Hosea McAfee, a native of Vermont, who then owned what is now the Charles Wheeler farm. There were no fences and no roads in Caldwell county in those days.
When Judge McAfee began the practice of law at Kingston there were fourteen lawyers at the county seat. Now there are two there - Judge Dodge and O.J. Adams. There were but two lawyers in Hamilton then and two at Breckenridge. The Hamilton lawyers were the late J.A. Holliday and B.M. Dilley, now of Oklahoma City, Ok. O.J. Chapman, now of Kansas City, and Frank Braden, now of St. Louis, were practicing law then at Breckenridge.
Married 1 Apr 1875 Recorded in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri
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Mr. McAfee is a good example of what can be accomplished in life when a thorough determination to succeed in any calling is coupled with energy, perseverance and close application in the direction chosen.
From his earliest recollection up to the age of 18, his time was occupied with the monotonous duties of farm life, but at that period, becoming desirous of supplementing the primary education which he had received in the vicinity of his home with a more thorough knowledge such as could be obtained in advanced institutions of learning, he left the parental homestead and for some time worked as a farm laborer in order to obtain the means with which to prosecute his studies. Subsequently he attended Johnson College, where his career was marked with rapid advancement. Now thoroughly qualified to enter upon a career which was destined to be a bright one, he engaged in teaching school, and for four terms taught in Kingston. He was one of the first teachers, acting as first assistant, to occupy the new school building here, teaching in it three terms. Mr. McAfee had long been eager to follow the practice of law as his profession in life and in February, 1873, he commenced its study. The same characteristics which marked his progress at school were prominent in his legal studies, and after a thorough course of instruction in the office of Dunn & Johnson he was admitted to the bar in June, 1876. The same year he was elected prosecuting attorney of the county and again in 1878. His practice is steadily and substantially increasing and his outlook for the future is promising. Mr. McAfee was born in Blue Lick, Clark county, Ind., September 19, 1850. His father, Hamilton McAfee, also a native of that State, was a cooper by trade and in 1865 came to Caldwell county. Mo., embarking in agricultural
pursuits. His wife was formerly Hannah Hosea, of the same State as himself. She died in the spring of 1876. The father is now living in St. Joseph.
Mr. William McAfee was married April 1, 1875, to Miss Marium Johnson, (daughter of Capt. E. D. Johnson. She is native to Caldwell county. They have one child, Agnes.
Mr. McA. belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the A. F. and A. M. orders.
From: History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri
Their suggestion:
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Born in Blue Lick, Clark County, Indiana
The Hamilton Farmer's Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri March 30, 1916
A Caldwell Lawyer Forty Years
Judge William McAfee has been practicing law in Caldwell county for almost forty years, having been admitted to the bar in June, 1876.
Forty three years ago last month, February 22 - to be exact, Judge McAfee, then a young man, and his father, carried his truck to the Chain House in Kingston and he began the reading of law in the office of the late Crosby Johnson. The elder McAfee brought his wife and four children from Indiana to this county in 1865. Judge McAfee says they reached Hamilton on January 17 of that year and went to the home of Judge McAfee's grandfather, William Hosea McAfee, a native of Vermont, who then owned what is now the Charles Wheeler farm. There were no fences and no roads in Caldwell county in those days.
When Judge McAfee began the practice of law at Kingston there were fourteen lawyers at the county seat. Now there are two there - Judge Dodge and O.J. Adams. There were but two lawyers in Hamilton then and two at Breckenridge. The Hamilton lawyers were the late J.A. Holliday and B.M. Dilley, now of Oklahoma City, Ok. O.J. Chapman, now of Kansas City, and Frank Braden, now of St. Louis, were practicing law then at Breckenridge.
Married 1 Apr 1875 Recorded in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri
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(Attorney at Law, Kingston, Mo.)
Mr. McAfee is a good example of what can be accomplished in life when a thorough determination to succeed in any calling is coupled with energy, perseverance and close application in the direction chosen.
From his earliest recollection up to the age of 18, his time was occupied with the monotonous duties of farm life, but at that period, becoming desirous of supplementing the primary education which he had received in the vicinity of his home with a more thorough knowledge such as could be obtained in advanced institutions of learning, he left the parental homestead and for some time worked as a farm laborer in order to obtain the means with which to prosecute his studies. Subsequently he attended Johnson College, where his career was marked with rapid advancement. Now thoroughly qualified to enter upon a career which was destined to be a bright one, he engaged in teaching school, and for four terms taught in Kingston. He was one of the first teachers, acting as first assistant, to occupy the new school building here, teaching in it three terms. Mr. McAfee had long been eager to follow the practice of law as his profession in life and in February, 1873, he commenced its study. The same characteristics which marked his progress at school were prominent in his legal studies, and after a thorough course of instruction in the office of Dunn & Johnson he was admitted to the bar in June, 1876. The same year he was elected prosecuting attorney of the county and again in 1878. His practice is steadily and substantially increasing and his outlook for the future is promising. Mr. McAfee was born in Blue Lick, Clark county, Ind., September 19, 1850. His father, Hamilton McAfee, also a native of that State, was a cooper by trade and in 1865 came to Caldwell county. Mo., embarking in agricultural
pursuits. His wife was formerly Hannah Hosea, of the same State as himself. She died in the spring of 1876. The father is now living in St. Joseph.
Mr. William McAfee was married April 1, 1875, to Miss Marium Johnson, (daughter of Capt. E. D. Johnson. She is native to Caldwell county. They have one child, Agnes.
Mr. McA. belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the A. F. and A. M. orders.
From: History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri
Their suggestion:
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Born in Blue Lick, Clark County, Indiana
The Hamilton Farmer's Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri March 30, 1916
A Caldwell Lawyer Forty Years
Judge William McAfee has been practicing law in Caldwell county for almost forty years, having been admitted to the bar in June, 1876.
Forty three years ago last month, February 22 - to be exact, Judge McAfee, then a young man, and his father, carried his truck to the Chain House in Kingston and he began the reading of law in the office of the late Crosby Johnson. The elder McAfee brought his wife and four children from Indiana to this county in 1865. Judge McAfee says they reached Hamilton on January 17 of that year and went to the home of Judge McAfee's grandfather, William Hosea McAfee, a native of Vermont, who then owned what is now the Charles Wheeler farm. There were no fences and no roads in Caldwell county in those days.
When Judge McAfee began the practice of law at Kingston there were fourteen lawyers at the county seat. Now there are two there - Judge Dodge and O.J. Adams. There were but two lawyers in Hamilton then and two at Breckenridge. The Hamilton lawyers were the late J.A. Holliday and B.M. Dilley, now of Oklahoma City, Ok. O.J. Chapman, now of Kansas City, and Frank Braden, now of St. Louis, were practicing law then at Breckenridge.
Married 1 Apr 1875 Recorded in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri
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Mr. McAfee is a good example of what can be accomplished in life when a thorough determination to succeed in any calling is coupled with energy, perseverance and close application in the direction chosen.
From his earliest recollection up to the age of 18, his time was occupied with the monotonous duties of farm life, but at that period, becoming desirous of supplementing the primary education which he had received in the vicinity of his home with a more thorough knowledge such as could be obtained in advanced institutions of learning, he left the parental homestead and for some time worked as a farm laborer in order to obtain the means with which to prosecute his studies. Subsequently he attended Johnson College, where his career was marked with rapid advancement. Now thoroughly qualified to enter upon a career which was destined to be a bright one, he engaged in teaching school, and for four terms taught in Kingston. He was one of the first teachers, acting as first assistant, to occupy the new school building here, teaching in it three terms. Mr. McAfee had long been eager to follow the practice of law as his profession in life and in February, 1873, he commenced its study. The same characteristics which marked his progress at school were prominent in his legal studies, and after a thorough course of instruction in the office of Dunn & Johnson he was admitted to the bar in June, 1876. The same year he was elected prosecuting attorney of the county and again in 1878. His practice is steadily and substantially increasing and his outlook for the future is promising. Mr. McAfee was born in Blue Lick, Clark county, Ind., September 19, 1850. His father, Hamilton McAfee, also a native of that State, was a cooper by trade and in 1865 came to Caldwell county. Mo., embarking in agricultural
pursuits. His wife was formerly Hannah Hosea, of the same State as himself. She died in the spring of 1876. The father is now living in St. Joseph.
Mr. William McAfee was married April 1, 1875, to Miss Marium Johnson, (daughter of Capt. E. D. Johnson. She is native to Caldwell county. They have one child, Agnes.
Mr. McA. belongs to the I. O. O. F. and the A. F. and A. M. orders.
From: History of Caldwell and Livingston Counties, Missouri
Their suggestion:
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Born in Blue Lick, Clark County, Indiana
The Hamilton Farmer's Advocate, Hamilton, Missouri March 30, 1916
A Caldwell Lawyer Forty Years
Judge William McAfee has been practicing law in Caldwell county for almost forty years, having been admitted to the bar in June, 1876.
Forty three years ago last month, February 22 - to be exact, Judge McAfee, then a young man, and his father, carried his truck to the Chain House in Kingston and he began the reading of law in the office of the late Crosby Johnson. The elder McAfee brought his wife and four children from Indiana to this county in 1865. Judge McAfee says they reached Hamilton on January 17 of that year and went to the home of Judge McAfee's grandfather, William Hosea McAfee, a native of Vermont, who then owned what is now the Charles Wheeler farm. There were no fences and no roads in Caldwell county in those days.
When Judge McAfee began the practice of law at Kingston there were fourteen lawyers at the county seat. Now there are two there - Judge Dodge and O.J. Adams. There were but two lawyers in Hamilton then and two at Breckenridge. The Hamilton lawyers were the late J.A. Holliday and B.M. Dilley, now of Oklahoma City, Ok. O.J. Chapman, now of Kansas City, and Frank Braden, now of St. Louis, were practicing law then at Breckenridge.
Married 1 Apr 1875 Recorded in Kingston, Caldwell County, Missouri
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