Occupation: Farmer
MO d/c 19592
MORT. D. AYERS.
Orphaned in his infancy, when he was little more than one year old, by the untimely death of his father at the early age of forty-four, and being one of eight children left for the mother to rear and educate, Mort. D. Ayers, now one of the prosperous, progressive and enterprising farmers of Salt River township in this county, was forced to begin the battle of life for himself at an early age, and for years after beginning it found the struggle an arduous and trying one. But he had the make-up of a man of merit and determination, and never lost faith in himself or his ability to win out in the contest, whatever its difficulties.
Mr. Ayers was born at Bay City, Michigan, on May 30, 1867, and is a son of Wright and Clara (Wright) Ayers, natives of Massachusetts, where the father was born in 1824, and where they were married. They had eight children, only two of whom are now living, Mort. D. and his older sister, Mina, the wife of Mr. Middleton, of Allen, Michigan.
The father was a carpenter and prospered at his trade, bidding fair to win a competence for himself and his family, when death ended his labors in 1868.
After his death, about one year, that is, in 1869, the mother brought her offspring to Missouri and located in Shelbina. Here the son obtained a limited common school education, and as soon as he completed it immediately engaged in farming and raising live stock on a farm of 120 acres of land three miles east of Shelbina. The career as a farmer which he thus began he has continued to the present time, and in his efforts for advancement has been successful, winning a comfortable estate through his persistent and judiciously applied industry and his frugality and good management. He is now one of the substantial and well-to-do farmers and stock men of his township, and is also regarded as one of its most progressive and enterprising citizens in respect to all matters of public improvement. For he has taken a warm and helpful interest in every worthy undertaking designed to advance the welfare of the locality of his home or promote the good of its people.
On July 24, 1887, Mr. Ayers was united in marriage with Miss Julia Nitsche, a daughter of Fred and Minnie (Miller) Nitsche, of Shelbina, where Mrs. Ayers was born on May 5, 1866. Four children have been born to the union, three of whom are living: Clara Lillian, the wife of James T. Greening, of this county, and Lee Frederick and Alberta, who are living at home with their parents. As a member of the Masonic order and the Order of Odd Fellows the father has taken a deep interest in the fraternal life of his community and contributed to the expansion of its usefulness and the strengthening of its forces for good. He has sought nothing in the way of political preferment, but has, nevertheless, taken a very active interest in local public affairs with a view to securing the best results for the general meal of the township and county of his home. No duty of citizenship has been neglected by him, and all have been performed with zeal, fidelity and intelligence, and he is esteemed by his fellowmen of the locality in accordance with his demonstrated worth and usefulness.
GENERAL HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI 1911
Written by Shelby Countians and graciously donated by the Shelby County Historical Society, Kathleen Wilham, President - ©Copyright 1911; Pages 430 & 431
MORT D. AYERS, SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENT DIES
Shelbina, Mo., April 29.—Mort D. Ayers, who has been stricken about twenty years with locomoter ataxia and unable to walk, died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Greening, Shelbina.
Mr. Ayers was born in Bay City, Mich., May 30, 1867, and came with his parents to Shelby county when he was 2 years old, living here since. For thirty-eight years he lived on his farm four miles east of Shelbina. April 9 his large frame dwelling burned with all his personal effects. His wife removed him from the burning building, and he was brought to the Greening residence in Shelbina.
Mr Ayers was a member of both , the Ms ionic and Odd Fellows lodges in Shelbina. He leaves his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Greening and Mrs. Alberta Dixon, both of Shelbina, and one son, Lee F. Ayers, his farm four miles west of Shelbina. He united with the Methodist church tn Shelbina some ten years ago, and had been an Odd Fellow for over twenty-five years, and a Mason nearly as long.
Funeral services will be held in the Shelbina Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. P Winn. Burial will be in the Odd Fellow cemetery in Shelbina.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, April 29, 1928; Page: 10
MO d/c 19592
MORT. D. AYERS.
Orphaned in his infancy, when he was little more than one year old, by the untimely death of his father at the early age of forty-four, and being one of eight children left for the mother to rear and educate, Mort. D. Ayers, now one of the prosperous, progressive and enterprising farmers of Salt River township in this county, was forced to begin the battle of life for himself at an early age, and for years after beginning it found the struggle an arduous and trying one. But he had the make-up of a man of merit and determination, and never lost faith in himself or his ability to win out in the contest, whatever its difficulties.
Mr. Ayers was born at Bay City, Michigan, on May 30, 1867, and is a son of Wright and Clara (Wright) Ayers, natives of Massachusetts, where the father was born in 1824, and where they were married. They had eight children, only two of whom are now living, Mort. D. and his older sister, Mina, the wife of Mr. Middleton, of Allen, Michigan.
The father was a carpenter and prospered at his trade, bidding fair to win a competence for himself and his family, when death ended his labors in 1868.
After his death, about one year, that is, in 1869, the mother brought her offspring to Missouri and located in Shelbina. Here the son obtained a limited common school education, and as soon as he completed it immediately engaged in farming and raising live stock on a farm of 120 acres of land three miles east of Shelbina. The career as a farmer which he thus began he has continued to the present time, and in his efforts for advancement has been successful, winning a comfortable estate through his persistent and judiciously applied industry and his frugality and good management. He is now one of the substantial and well-to-do farmers and stock men of his township, and is also regarded as one of its most progressive and enterprising citizens in respect to all matters of public improvement. For he has taken a warm and helpful interest in every worthy undertaking designed to advance the welfare of the locality of his home or promote the good of its people.
On July 24, 1887, Mr. Ayers was united in marriage with Miss Julia Nitsche, a daughter of Fred and Minnie (Miller) Nitsche, of Shelbina, where Mrs. Ayers was born on May 5, 1866. Four children have been born to the union, three of whom are living: Clara Lillian, the wife of James T. Greening, of this county, and Lee Frederick and Alberta, who are living at home with their parents. As a member of the Masonic order and the Order of Odd Fellows the father has taken a deep interest in the fraternal life of his community and contributed to the expansion of its usefulness and the strengthening of its forces for good. He has sought nothing in the way of political preferment, but has, nevertheless, taken a very active interest in local public affairs with a view to securing the best results for the general meal of the township and county of his home. No duty of citizenship has been neglected by him, and all have been performed with zeal, fidelity and intelligence, and he is esteemed by his fellowmen of the locality in accordance with his demonstrated worth and usefulness.
GENERAL HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI 1911
Written by Shelby Countians and graciously donated by the Shelby County Historical Society, Kathleen Wilham, President - ©Copyright 1911; Pages 430 & 431
MORT D. AYERS, SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENT DIES
Shelbina, Mo., April 29.—Mort D. Ayers, who has been stricken about twenty years with locomoter ataxia and unable to walk, died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Greening, Shelbina.
Mr. Ayers was born in Bay City, Mich., May 30, 1867, and came with his parents to Shelby county when he was 2 years old, living here since. For thirty-eight years he lived on his farm four miles east of Shelbina. April 9 his large frame dwelling burned with all his personal effects. His wife removed him from the burning building, and he was brought to the Greening residence in Shelbina.
Mr Ayers was a member of both , the Ms ionic and Odd Fellows lodges in Shelbina. He leaves his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Greening and Mrs. Alberta Dixon, both of Shelbina, and one son, Lee F. Ayers, his farm four miles west of Shelbina. He united with the Methodist church tn Shelbina some ten years ago, and had been an Odd Fellow for over twenty-five years, and a Mason nearly as long.
Funeral services will be held in the Shelbina Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. P Winn. Burial will be in the Odd Fellow cemetery in Shelbina.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, April 29, 1928; Page: 10
Occupation: Farmer
MO d/c 19592
MORT. D. AYERS.
Orphaned in his infancy, when he was little more than one year old, by the untimely death of his father at the early age of forty-four, and being one of eight children left for the mother to rear and educate, Mort. D. Ayers, now one of the prosperous, progressive and enterprising farmers of Salt River township in this county, was forced to begin the battle of life for himself at an early age, and for years after beginning it found the struggle an arduous and trying one. But he had the make-up of a man of merit and determination, and never lost faith in himself or his ability to win out in the contest, whatever its difficulties.
Mr. Ayers was born at Bay City, Michigan, on May 30, 1867, and is a son of Wright and Clara (Wright) Ayers, natives of Massachusetts, where the father was born in 1824, and where they were married. They had eight children, only two of whom are now living, Mort. D. and his older sister, Mina, the wife of Mr. Middleton, of Allen, Michigan.
The father was a carpenter and prospered at his trade, bidding fair to win a competence for himself and his family, when death ended his labors in 1868.
After his death, about one year, that is, in 1869, the mother brought her offspring to Missouri and located in Shelbina. Here the son obtained a limited common school education, and as soon as he completed it immediately engaged in farming and raising live stock on a farm of 120 acres of land three miles east of Shelbina. The career as a farmer which he thus began he has continued to the present time, and in his efforts for advancement has been successful, winning a comfortable estate through his persistent and judiciously applied industry and his frugality and good management. He is now one of the substantial and well-to-do farmers and stock men of his township, and is also regarded as one of its most progressive and enterprising citizens in respect to all matters of public improvement. For he has taken a warm and helpful interest in every worthy undertaking designed to advance the welfare of the locality of his home or promote the good of its people.
On July 24, 1887, Mr. Ayers was united in marriage with Miss Julia Nitsche, a daughter of Fred and Minnie (Miller) Nitsche, of Shelbina, where Mrs. Ayers was born on May 5, 1866. Four children have been born to the union, three of whom are living: Clara Lillian, the wife of James T. Greening, of this county, and Lee Frederick and Alberta, who are living at home with their parents. As a member of the Masonic order and the Order of Odd Fellows the father has taken a deep interest in the fraternal life of his community and contributed to the expansion of its usefulness and the strengthening of its forces for good. He has sought nothing in the way of political preferment, but has, nevertheless, taken a very active interest in local public affairs with a view to securing the best results for the general meal of the township and county of his home. No duty of citizenship has been neglected by him, and all have been performed with zeal, fidelity and intelligence, and he is esteemed by his fellowmen of the locality in accordance with his demonstrated worth and usefulness.
GENERAL HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI 1911
Written by Shelby Countians and graciously donated by the Shelby County Historical Society, Kathleen Wilham, President - ©Copyright 1911; Pages 430 & 431
MORT D. AYERS, SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENT DIES
Shelbina, Mo., April 29.—Mort D. Ayers, who has been stricken about twenty years with locomoter ataxia and unable to walk, died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Greening, Shelbina.
Mr. Ayers was born in Bay City, Mich., May 30, 1867, and came with his parents to Shelby county when he was 2 years old, living here since. For thirty-eight years he lived on his farm four miles east of Shelbina. April 9 his large frame dwelling burned with all his personal effects. His wife removed him from the burning building, and he was brought to the Greening residence in Shelbina.
Mr Ayers was a member of both , the Ms ionic and Odd Fellows lodges in Shelbina. He leaves his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Greening and Mrs. Alberta Dixon, both of Shelbina, and one son, Lee F. Ayers, his farm four miles west of Shelbina. He united with the Methodist church tn Shelbina some ten years ago, and had been an Odd Fellow for over twenty-five years, and a Mason nearly as long.
Funeral services will be held in the Shelbina Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. P Winn. Burial will be in the Odd Fellow cemetery in Shelbina.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, April 29, 1928; Page: 10
MO d/c 19592
MORT. D. AYERS.
Orphaned in his infancy, when he was little more than one year old, by the untimely death of his father at the early age of forty-four, and being one of eight children left for the mother to rear and educate, Mort. D. Ayers, now one of the prosperous, progressive and enterprising farmers of Salt River township in this county, was forced to begin the battle of life for himself at an early age, and for years after beginning it found the struggle an arduous and trying one. But he had the make-up of a man of merit and determination, and never lost faith in himself or his ability to win out in the contest, whatever its difficulties.
Mr. Ayers was born at Bay City, Michigan, on May 30, 1867, and is a son of Wright and Clara (Wright) Ayers, natives of Massachusetts, where the father was born in 1824, and where they were married. They had eight children, only two of whom are now living, Mort. D. and his older sister, Mina, the wife of Mr. Middleton, of Allen, Michigan.
The father was a carpenter and prospered at his trade, bidding fair to win a competence for himself and his family, when death ended his labors in 1868.
After his death, about one year, that is, in 1869, the mother brought her offspring to Missouri and located in Shelbina. Here the son obtained a limited common school education, and as soon as he completed it immediately engaged in farming and raising live stock on a farm of 120 acres of land three miles east of Shelbina. The career as a farmer which he thus began he has continued to the present time, and in his efforts for advancement has been successful, winning a comfortable estate through his persistent and judiciously applied industry and his frugality and good management. He is now one of the substantial and well-to-do farmers and stock men of his township, and is also regarded as one of its most progressive and enterprising citizens in respect to all matters of public improvement. For he has taken a warm and helpful interest in every worthy undertaking designed to advance the welfare of the locality of his home or promote the good of its people.
On July 24, 1887, Mr. Ayers was united in marriage with Miss Julia Nitsche, a daughter of Fred and Minnie (Miller) Nitsche, of Shelbina, where Mrs. Ayers was born on May 5, 1866. Four children have been born to the union, three of whom are living: Clara Lillian, the wife of James T. Greening, of this county, and Lee Frederick and Alberta, who are living at home with their parents. As a member of the Masonic order and the Order of Odd Fellows the father has taken a deep interest in the fraternal life of his community and contributed to the expansion of its usefulness and the strengthening of its forces for good. He has sought nothing in the way of political preferment, but has, nevertheless, taken a very active interest in local public affairs with a view to securing the best results for the general meal of the township and county of his home. No duty of citizenship has been neglected by him, and all have been performed with zeal, fidelity and intelligence, and he is esteemed by his fellowmen of the locality in accordance with his demonstrated worth and usefulness.
GENERAL HISTORY OF SHELBY COUNTY, MISSOURI 1911
Written by Shelby Countians and graciously donated by the Shelby County Historical Society, Kathleen Wilham, President - ©Copyright 1911; Pages 430 & 431
MORT D. AYERS, SHELBY COUNTY RESIDENT DIES
Shelbina, Mo., April 29.—Mort D. Ayers, who has been stricken about twenty years with locomoter ataxia and unable to walk, died at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon in the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Greening, Shelbina.
Mr. Ayers was born in Bay City, Mich., May 30, 1867, and came with his parents to Shelby county when he was 2 years old, living here since. For thirty-eight years he lived on his farm four miles east of Shelbina. April 9 his large frame dwelling burned with all his personal effects. His wife removed him from the burning building, and he was brought to the Greening residence in Shelbina.
Mr Ayers was a member of both , the Ms ionic and Odd Fellows lodges in Shelbina. He leaves his widow; two daughters, Mrs. Clara Greening and Mrs. Alberta Dixon, both of Shelbina, and one son, Lee F. Ayers, his farm four miles west of Shelbina. He united with the Methodist church tn Shelbina some ten years ago, and had been an Odd Fellow for over twenty-five years, and a Mason nearly as long.
Funeral services will be held in the Shelbina Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock conducted by the Rev. W. P Winn. Burial will be in the Odd Fellow cemetery in Shelbina.
The Quincy Herald Whig, Quincy, Illinois, Sunday, April 29, 1928; Page: 10
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