The following was taken from the 1910 History of Macon County, Missouri, page 733 and 734.
---Philander Atterberry was educated in the public school in Atlanta, but owing to the undeveloped state of the country and the lack of nearly all the ordinary condomitants of civilized life, the school was primitive in character and limited in scope, and his education was therefore necessarily a meager one, embracing only the rudiments of scholastic acquirement. After leaving school he worked on the home farm and generally assisted the family until 1867. He then started out in life for himself, working as a hand on neighboring farms and farming for himself seventeen acres of land given to him by his father. In 1869 he rented a large farm, and since then he has been continuously and very successfully engaged in general farming and raising stock, making a specialty of mules and dealing in them extensively. He owns and cultivates 343 acres of land in his home place, and also farms vigorously and with skill and intelligence a large acreage which he rents for the purpose. In addition he is a stockholder in the Atlanta State Bank and owns some mining stock of value.
---On February 18, 1869, Mr. Atterberry was united in marriage with Miss Melissa J. P. Farmer, a daughter of John M. and Elizabeth J. P. Farmer, early settlers in Macon county. Five children have blessed the union and all of them are living. They are: Anna, the wife of E. E. Moss, of Macon county; Cora E., the wife of J. B. Fisk, of Macon city; Fannie M., the wife of Joseph Newmyer, also of Macon city; Fred A., who lives in Atlanta; and Eula C., who still abides with her father. The mother of these children died on May 29, 1895, and on March 17, 1896, the father married a second time, uniting with Mrs. Mary E. Fuqus, a daughter of James H. and Margaret Ann Farmer. The offspring of this union numbers three: Raymond L., Florence J. and Noble Eugene, all of whom are living under the parental rooftree and contributing to the brightness and warmth of the family fireside.
---In politics Mr. Atterberry is a Republican and consistent in his loyalty to his party, as he is earnest and effective in his services to it. He is one of its reliable workers in his township in all campaigns and omits no effort possible for him to make with property to bring success to its candidates, and his zeal and industry in the party service is highly appreciated by both its leaders and its rank and file. But he has never sought, accepted or desired a political office for himself. His religious allegiance is given to the Universalist church, and he takes and active and leading part in all its works of benevolence and morality, aiding every worthy undertaking it inaugurates and helping in every way he can to build up and strengthen the particular congregation in it to which he belongs. In all the relations of life he is accounted estimable and fully entitled on demonstrated merit to the universal esteem which he so richly enjoys.
---Philander Atterberry was educated in the public school in Atlanta, but owing to the undeveloped state of the country and the lack of nearly all the ordinary condomitants of civilized life, the school was primitive in character and limited in scope, and his education was therefore necessarily a meager one, embracing only the rudiments of scholastic acquirement. After leaving school he worked on the home farm and generally assisted the family until 1867. He then started out in life for himself, working as a hand on neighboring farms and farming for himself seventeen acres of land given to him by his father. In 1869 he rented a large farm, and since then he has been continuously and very successfully engaged in general farming and raising stock, making a specialty of mules and dealing in them extensively. He owns and cultivates 343 acres of land in his home place, and also farms vigorously and with skill and intelligence a large acreage which he rents for the purpose. In addition he is a stockholder in the Atlanta State Bank and owns some mining stock of value.
---On February 18, 1869, Mr. Atterberry was united in marriage with Miss Melissa J. P. Farmer, a daughter of John M. and Elizabeth J. P. Farmer, early settlers in Macon county. Five children have blessed the union and all of them are living. They are: Anna, the wife of E. E. Moss, of Macon county; Cora E., the wife of J. B. Fisk, of Macon city; Fannie M., the wife of Joseph Newmyer, also of Macon city; Fred A., who lives in Atlanta; and Eula C., who still abides with her father. The mother of these children died on May 29, 1895, and on March 17, 1896, the father married a second time, uniting with Mrs. Mary E. Fuqus, a daughter of James H. and Margaret Ann Farmer. The offspring of this union numbers three: Raymond L., Florence J. and Noble Eugene, all of whom are living under the parental rooftree and contributing to the brightness and warmth of the family fireside.
---In politics Mr. Atterberry is a Republican and consistent in his loyalty to his party, as he is earnest and effective in his services to it. He is one of its reliable workers in his township in all campaigns and omits no effort possible for him to make with property to bring success to its candidates, and his zeal and industry in the party service is highly appreciated by both its leaders and its rank and file. But he has never sought, accepted or desired a political office for himself. His religious allegiance is given to the Universalist church, and he takes and active and leading part in all its works of benevolence and morality, aiding every worthy undertaking it inaugurates and helping in every way he can to build up and strengthen the particular congregation in it to which he belongs. In all the relations of life he is accounted estimable and fully entitled on demonstrated merit to the universal esteem which he so richly enjoys.
The following was taken from the 1910 History of Macon County, Missouri, page 733 and 734.
---Philander Atterberry was educated in the public school in Atlanta, but owing to the undeveloped state of the country and the lack of nearly all the ordinary condomitants of civilized life, the school was primitive in character and limited in scope, and his education was therefore necessarily a meager one, embracing only the rudiments of scholastic acquirement. After leaving school he worked on the home farm and generally assisted the family until 1867. He then started out in life for himself, working as a hand on neighboring farms and farming for himself seventeen acres of land given to him by his father. In 1869 he rented a large farm, and since then he has been continuously and very successfully engaged in general farming and raising stock, making a specialty of mules and dealing in them extensively. He owns and cultivates 343 acres of land in his home place, and also farms vigorously and with skill and intelligence a large acreage which he rents for the purpose. In addition he is a stockholder in the Atlanta State Bank and owns some mining stock of value.
---On February 18, 1869, Mr. Atterberry was united in marriage with Miss Melissa J. P. Farmer, a daughter of John M. and Elizabeth J. P. Farmer, early settlers in Macon county. Five children have blessed the union and all of them are living. They are: Anna, the wife of E. E. Moss, of Macon county; Cora E., the wife of J. B. Fisk, of Macon city; Fannie M., the wife of Joseph Newmyer, also of Macon city; Fred A., who lives in Atlanta; and Eula C., who still abides with her father. The mother of these children died on May 29, 1895, and on March 17, 1896, the father married a second time, uniting with Mrs. Mary E. Fuqus, a daughter of James H. and Margaret Ann Farmer. The offspring of this union numbers three: Raymond L., Florence J. and Noble Eugene, all of whom are living under the parental rooftree and contributing to the brightness and warmth of the family fireside.
---In politics Mr. Atterberry is a Republican and consistent in his loyalty to his party, as he is earnest and effective in his services to it. He is one of its reliable workers in his township in all campaigns and omits no effort possible for him to make with property to bring success to its candidates, and his zeal and industry in the party service is highly appreciated by both its leaders and its rank and file. But he has never sought, accepted or desired a political office for himself. His religious allegiance is given to the Universalist church, and he takes and active and leading part in all its works of benevolence and morality, aiding every worthy undertaking it inaugurates and helping in every way he can to build up and strengthen the particular congregation in it to which he belongs. In all the relations of life he is accounted estimable and fully entitled on demonstrated merit to the universal esteem which he so richly enjoys.
---Philander Atterberry was educated in the public school in Atlanta, but owing to the undeveloped state of the country and the lack of nearly all the ordinary condomitants of civilized life, the school was primitive in character and limited in scope, and his education was therefore necessarily a meager one, embracing only the rudiments of scholastic acquirement. After leaving school he worked on the home farm and generally assisted the family until 1867. He then started out in life for himself, working as a hand on neighboring farms and farming for himself seventeen acres of land given to him by his father. In 1869 he rented a large farm, and since then he has been continuously and very successfully engaged in general farming and raising stock, making a specialty of mules and dealing in them extensively. He owns and cultivates 343 acres of land in his home place, and also farms vigorously and with skill and intelligence a large acreage which he rents for the purpose. In addition he is a stockholder in the Atlanta State Bank and owns some mining stock of value.
---On February 18, 1869, Mr. Atterberry was united in marriage with Miss Melissa J. P. Farmer, a daughter of John M. and Elizabeth J. P. Farmer, early settlers in Macon county. Five children have blessed the union and all of them are living. They are: Anna, the wife of E. E. Moss, of Macon county; Cora E., the wife of J. B. Fisk, of Macon city; Fannie M., the wife of Joseph Newmyer, also of Macon city; Fred A., who lives in Atlanta; and Eula C., who still abides with her father. The mother of these children died on May 29, 1895, and on March 17, 1896, the father married a second time, uniting with Mrs. Mary E. Fuqus, a daughter of James H. and Margaret Ann Farmer. The offspring of this union numbers three: Raymond L., Florence J. and Noble Eugene, all of whom are living under the parental rooftree and contributing to the brightness and warmth of the family fireside.
---In politics Mr. Atterberry is a Republican and consistent in his loyalty to his party, as he is earnest and effective in his services to it. He is one of its reliable workers in his township in all campaigns and omits no effort possible for him to make with property to bring success to its candidates, and his zeal and industry in the party service is highly appreciated by both its leaders and its rank and file. But he has never sought, accepted or desired a political office for himself. His religious allegiance is given to the Universalist church, and he takes and active and leading part in all its works of benevolence and morality, aiding every worthy undertaking it inaugurates and helping in every way he can to build up and strengthen the particular congregation in it to which he belongs. In all the relations of life he is accounted estimable and fully entitled on demonstrated merit to the universal esteem which he so richly enjoys.
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