History of Franklin County Missouri United States of America

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Augustus Cleveland Davidson, educator, was born in Franklin county, Mo., Dec. 3, 1846; son of Samuel Moman and America (Billups) Davidson; grandson of James and Mary (Johnson) Davidson and of Thomas and Ann (Cleveland) Billups; and of Scotch and English ancestry. He was prepared for college at Georgetown, Ky., and was graduated from Georgetown college in 1871. He was ordained as pastor of the Baptist church, Eminence, Ky., July 30, 1871; and was afterward pastor at Bloomington, Ind., 1876 to 1879; Aurora, Ind., 1879 to 1884; Marion, Ala., 1884 to 1887, and Covington, Ky., 1887 to 1893. He was elected president of Georgetown college, Ky., in 1893 and held the office until 1898, when he resigned and became pastor of the South Side Baptist church, Birmingham, Ala. He was married, Nov. 17, 1874, to Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Keene of Georgetown, Ky. He was elected a member of the Filson club, Louisville, Ky., in 1895. Howard university, Ala., conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.D. in 1885.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

George Hearst, senator, was born in Franklin county, Mo., Sept. 3, 1820. His father was a native of South Carolina, who had removed to Missouri in 1819. George worked on the farm during his boyhood and was graduated from Franklin County mining school in 1838. In 1850 he went to California and engaged in mining, but was unsuccessful until 1859 when, with a party of friends, he went to the famous Comstock lode. There he obtained an interest in tile Ophir mine and became very wealthy. He also engaged extensively in the real estate business and in fancy stock raising and farming. In 1865 he was a representative in the California legislature. He was the unsuccessful candidate for governor of California in 1883, and in 1886, on the death of U.S. Senator John F. Miller, was elected to fill the vacancy. In 1887 he was elected for the full term and held the office until his deatb. He was an authority on mines and mining, and was the proprietor of the San Francisco Examiner, edited by his son, William R. Hearst, who became owner and editor-in-chief of that paper as well as of the Journal and Advertiser of New York city. He was married to Phebe Apperson and after his deatb she was the chief patron of the University of California and devoted to that institution not only the bulk of her vast fortune, but by making her home in Berkeley, gave to the faculty and pupils the benefit of social communion that fostered a spirit of fraternity hitberto unknown in university life. Senator Hearst died in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 1891.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

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