D. M. JARBOE,
Of the firm of D. M. Jarboe & Co., Keystone Iron Works. Was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, near Bargetown, June 4, 1830, and came to Jackson county, Missouri, with his parents when he was four years old. When his father first came to the county he entered the land that is now Jarboe's Addition to Kansas City. The only families then residing in the vicinity were those of William Gillis, James H. McGee, William Evans and P. Chouteau. His father's first house was built of round logs, and stood where is now the corner of Eighteenth and Madison streets. His schooling was in a log school-house, located where the St. James Hotel now stands. When he was nineteen he made a trip to California on foot, and there successfully mined until 1851, when he returned to Jackson county and went into a general mercantile business, his store room being a log building 18x20 on the levee, near the foot of Main. In 1856 or '57 he built the first brick store in the city, which is still standing on the levee. In 1861, the war breaking out and retarding business, he went into the State service, serving as captain and quartermaster for nearly three years, and after being mustered out in 1865 he again embarked in the mercantile business, opening a wholesale boot and shoe house with S. K. Green. The firm was known as Jarboe & Green, and their business extended throughout Missouri, Kansas, California and New Mexico. Selling out his interest in this business in 1874, he became associated with James Smith, under the firm name of Jarboe & Co., and established the Keystone Iron Works of Kansas City. June 6th, 1854 he married Emily Hoagland, of New York City, by whom he has two children: John, in the printing business in Kansas City, and Charles, attending school.
Of the firm of D. M. Jarboe & Co., Keystone Iron Works. Was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, near Bargetown, June 4, 1830, and came to Jackson county, Missouri, with his parents when he was four years old. When his father first came to the county he entered the land that is now Jarboe's Addition to Kansas City. The only families then residing in the vicinity were those of William Gillis, James H. McGee, William Evans and P. Chouteau. His father's first house was built of round logs, and stood where is now the corner of Eighteenth and Madison streets. His schooling was in a log school-house, located where the St. James Hotel now stands. When he was nineteen he made a trip to California on foot, and there successfully mined until 1851, when he returned to Jackson county and went into a general mercantile business, his store room being a log building 18x20 on the levee, near the foot of Main. In 1856 or '57 he built the first brick store in the city, which is still standing on the levee. In 1861, the war breaking out and retarding business, he went into the State service, serving as captain and quartermaster for nearly three years, and after being mustered out in 1865 he again embarked in the mercantile business, opening a wholesale boot and shoe house with S. K. Green. The firm was known as Jarboe & Green, and their business extended throughout Missouri, Kansas, California and New Mexico. Selling out his interest in this business in 1874, he became associated with James Smith, under the firm name of Jarboe & Co., and established the Keystone Iron Works of Kansas City. June 6th, 1854 he married Emily Hoagland, of New York City, by whom he has two children: John, in the printing business in Kansas City, and Charles, attending school.
D. M. JARBOE,
Of the firm of D. M. Jarboe & Co., Keystone Iron Works. Was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, near Bargetown, June 4, 1830, and came to Jackson county, Missouri, with his parents when he was four years old. When his father first came to the county he entered the land that is now Jarboe's Addition to Kansas City. The only families then residing in the vicinity were those of William Gillis, James H. McGee, William Evans and P. Chouteau. His father's first house was built of round logs, and stood where is now the corner of Eighteenth and Madison streets. His schooling was in a log school-house, located where the St. James Hotel now stands. When he was nineteen he made a trip to California on foot, and there successfully mined until 1851, when he returned to Jackson county and went into a general mercantile business, his store room being a log building 18x20 on the levee, near the foot of Main. In 1856 or '57 he built the first brick store in the city, which is still standing on the levee. In 1861, the war breaking out and retarding business, he went into the State service, serving as captain and quartermaster for nearly three years, and after being mustered out in 1865 he again embarked in the mercantile business, opening a wholesale boot and shoe house with S. K. Green. The firm was known as Jarboe & Green, and their business extended throughout Missouri, Kansas, California and New Mexico. Selling out his interest in this business in 1874, he became associated with James Smith, under the firm name of Jarboe & Co., and established the Keystone Iron Works of Kansas City. June 6th, 1854 he married Emily Hoagland, of New York City, by whom he has two children: John, in the printing business in Kansas City, and Charles, attending school.
Of the firm of D. M. Jarboe & Co., Keystone Iron Works. Was born in Nelson county, Kentucky, near Bargetown, June 4, 1830, and came to Jackson county, Missouri, with his parents when he was four years old. When his father first came to the county he entered the land that is now Jarboe's Addition to Kansas City. The only families then residing in the vicinity were those of William Gillis, James H. McGee, William Evans and P. Chouteau. His father's first house was built of round logs, and stood where is now the corner of Eighteenth and Madison streets. His schooling was in a log school-house, located where the St. James Hotel now stands. When he was nineteen he made a trip to California on foot, and there successfully mined until 1851, when he returned to Jackson county and went into a general mercantile business, his store room being a log building 18x20 on the levee, near the foot of Main. In 1856 or '57 he built the first brick store in the city, which is still standing on the levee. In 1861, the war breaking out and retarding business, he went into the State service, serving as captain and quartermaster for nearly three years, and after being mustered out in 1865 he again embarked in the mercantile business, opening a wholesale boot and shoe house with S. K. Green. The firm was known as Jarboe & Green, and their business extended throughout Missouri, Kansas, California and New Mexico. Selling out his interest in this business in 1874, he became associated with James Smith, under the firm name of Jarboe & Co., and established the Keystone Iron Works of Kansas City. June 6th, 1854 he married Emily Hoagland, of New York City, by whom he has two children: John, in the printing business in Kansas City, and Charles, attending school.
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