Col. Aaron McPike is credited as being the leading founder of Curryville and Vandalia, Mo. He selected the site, gave the town its name and donated many lots for sites of churches, schoolhouses and parks.
When the Louisiana & Missouri Railroad Company was formed, Mr. McPike, being a stockholder and active promoter, was elected a director and gave much of his time and more money than any other man to the carrying forward and completion of this enterprise. In recognition of his activity and interest in the railroad, the executives of the road voted him the privilege of locating two town sites on the line between Louisiana and Mexico, Missouri, and thus the beginnings of Curryville and Vandalia.
He was fondly called Uncle Aaron by his many friends and was widely respected and held in high esteem by all who knew him. Mr. McPike reared to adult age six children. To each of these children he gave in lands and money $40,000 during his lifetime. At the time of his death he had 17 grandchildren, to each of whom he also gave $1,000. He gave the Orphans Home in St. Louis $1,000. In 1880 when the Baptists were building their new brick house of worship in Vandalia, he gave $1,000 and to Stephens Female College and Hardin College each considerable amounts. To the Louisiana Baptist Female College he gave from $2,500 to $3,000.
Aaron McPike died in 1904 at the age of 90 years old and was buried in a family gated plot near the center of the Vandalia Cemetery. Records show he was married four times. His first wife was Susan Pritchett (1828-1862) from Pike County. They were married on January 25, 1845, and had six children: Sarah Ann Sallie (McPike) Chamberlain, born 1847; Mary L. McPike, born 1850 and died before 1860; James Edward Jim McPike, born 1853 and died 1937; William F. McPike, born 1855 and died in infancy; Thomas Jefferson Tom McPike, born 1857 and died 1936; and Fannie D. (McPike) Daniel, born 1859 and died 1951. Mr. McPike married for the second time on December 2, 1862, to Lucretia Porter (1814-unknown). No children were born of this marriage. Miss Ellen Ferguson (1830-1889), a native of Virginia, was Aarons third wife, whom he married December 5, 1875. There were three children from this union: an unnamed infant, born 1876; Susan Eleanor Susie (McPike) Alford, born 1878 and died 1946; and Charles Hardin, born 1880 and died 1911. Mollie Carrico, a local millinery shop owner, and Aaron were married in Harrison Co, MS on April 30, 1891.
Suggested edit: Aaron was married (firstly) on January 25, 1845, yo Susan Phebe Pritchett (born circa 1831, in Missouri, died May 18, 1862, in Pike County, Missouri.
Married (secondly) to Lucretia Porter, born 1820, in Kentucky.
Married (thirdly) to Ellen Ferguson.
Married (fourthly) to Mollie Carrico.
Contributor: Allan Wenzel (47403362) •
When the Louisiana & Missouri Railroad Company was formed, Mr. McPike, being a stockholder and active promoter, was elected a director and gave much of his time and more money than any other man to the carrying forward and completion of this enterprise. In recognition of his activity and interest in the railroad, the executives of the road voted him the privilege of locating two town sites on the line between Louisiana and Mexico, Missouri, and thus the beginnings of Curryville and Vandalia.
He was fondly called Uncle Aaron by his many friends and was widely respected and held in high esteem by all who knew him. Mr. McPike reared to adult age six children. To each of these children he gave in lands and money $40,000 during his lifetime. At the time of his death he had 17 grandchildren, to each of whom he also gave $1,000. He gave the Orphans Home in St. Louis $1,000. In 1880 when the Baptists were building their new brick house of worship in Vandalia, he gave $1,000 and to Stephens Female College and Hardin College each considerable amounts. To the Louisiana Baptist Female College he gave from $2,500 to $3,000.
Aaron McPike died in 1904 at the age of 90 years old and was buried in a family gated plot near the center of the Vandalia Cemetery. Records show he was married four times. His first wife was Susan Pritchett (1828-1862) from Pike County. They were married on January 25, 1845, and had six children: Sarah Ann Sallie (McPike) Chamberlain, born 1847; Mary L. McPike, born 1850 and died before 1860; James Edward Jim McPike, born 1853 and died 1937; William F. McPike, born 1855 and died in infancy; Thomas Jefferson Tom McPike, born 1857 and died 1936; and Fannie D. (McPike) Daniel, born 1859 and died 1951. Mr. McPike married for the second time on December 2, 1862, to Lucretia Porter (1814-unknown). No children were born of this marriage. Miss Ellen Ferguson (1830-1889), a native of Virginia, was Aarons third wife, whom he married December 5, 1875. There were three children from this union: an unnamed infant, born 1876; Susan Eleanor Susie (McPike) Alford, born 1878 and died 1946; and Charles Hardin, born 1880 and died 1911. Mollie Carrico, a local millinery shop owner, and Aaron were married in Harrison Co, MS on April 30, 1891.
Suggested edit: Aaron was married (firstly) on January 25, 1845, yo Susan Phebe Pritchett (born circa 1831, in Missouri, died May 18, 1862, in Pike County, Missouri.
Married (secondly) to Lucretia Porter, born 1820, in Kentucky.
Married (thirdly) to Ellen Ferguson.
Married (fourthly) to Mollie Carrico.
Contributor: Allan Wenzel (47403362) •
Col. Aaron McPike is credited as being the leading founder of Curryville and Vandalia, Mo. He selected the site, gave the town its name and donated many lots for sites of churches, schoolhouses and parks.
When the Louisiana & Missouri Railroad Company was formed, Mr. McPike, being a stockholder and active promoter, was elected a director and gave much of his time and more money than any other man to the carrying forward and completion of this enterprise. In recognition of his activity and interest in the railroad, the executives of the road voted him the privilege of locating two town sites on the line between Louisiana and Mexico, Missouri, and thus the beginnings of Curryville and Vandalia.
He was fondly called Uncle Aaron by his many friends and was widely respected and held in high esteem by all who knew him. Mr. McPike reared to adult age six children. To each of these children he gave in lands and money $40,000 during his lifetime. At the time of his death he had 17 grandchildren, to each of whom he also gave $1,000. He gave the Orphans Home in St. Louis $1,000. In 1880 when the Baptists were building their new brick house of worship in Vandalia, he gave $1,000 and to Stephens Female College and Hardin College each considerable amounts. To the Louisiana Baptist Female College he gave from $2,500 to $3,000.
Aaron McPike died in 1904 at the age of 90 years old and was buried in a family gated plot near the center of the Vandalia Cemetery. Records show he was married four times. His first wife was Susan Pritchett (1828-1862) from Pike County. They were married on January 25, 1845, and had six children: Sarah Ann Sallie (McPike) Chamberlain, born 1847; Mary L. McPike, born 1850 and died before 1860; James Edward Jim McPike, born 1853 and died 1937; William F. McPike, born 1855 and died in infancy; Thomas Jefferson Tom McPike, born 1857 and died 1936; and Fannie D. (McPike) Daniel, born 1859 and died 1951. Mr. McPike married for the second time on December 2, 1862, to Lucretia Porter (1814-unknown). No children were born of this marriage. Miss Ellen Ferguson (1830-1889), a native of Virginia, was Aarons third wife, whom he married December 5, 1875. There were three children from this union: an unnamed infant, born 1876; Susan Eleanor Susie (McPike) Alford, born 1878 and died 1946; and Charles Hardin, born 1880 and died 1911. Mollie Carrico, a local millinery shop owner, and Aaron were married in Harrison Co, MS on April 30, 1891.
Suggested edit: Aaron was married (firstly) on January 25, 1845, yo Susan Phebe Pritchett (born circa 1831, in Missouri, died May 18, 1862, in Pike County, Missouri.
Married (secondly) to Lucretia Porter, born 1820, in Kentucky.
Married (thirdly) to Ellen Ferguson.
Married (fourthly) to Mollie Carrico.
Contributor: Allan Wenzel (47403362) •
When the Louisiana & Missouri Railroad Company was formed, Mr. McPike, being a stockholder and active promoter, was elected a director and gave much of his time and more money than any other man to the carrying forward and completion of this enterprise. In recognition of his activity and interest in the railroad, the executives of the road voted him the privilege of locating two town sites on the line between Louisiana and Mexico, Missouri, and thus the beginnings of Curryville and Vandalia.
He was fondly called Uncle Aaron by his many friends and was widely respected and held in high esteem by all who knew him. Mr. McPike reared to adult age six children. To each of these children he gave in lands and money $40,000 during his lifetime. At the time of his death he had 17 grandchildren, to each of whom he also gave $1,000. He gave the Orphans Home in St. Louis $1,000. In 1880 when the Baptists were building their new brick house of worship in Vandalia, he gave $1,000 and to Stephens Female College and Hardin College each considerable amounts. To the Louisiana Baptist Female College he gave from $2,500 to $3,000.
Aaron McPike died in 1904 at the age of 90 years old and was buried in a family gated plot near the center of the Vandalia Cemetery. Records show he was married four times. His first wife was Susan Pritchett (1828-1862) from Pike County. They were married on January 25, 1845, and had six children: Sarah Ann Sallie (McPike) Chamberlain, born 1847; Mary L. McPike, born 1850 and died before 1860; James Edward Jim McPike, born 1853 and died 1937; William F. McPike, born 1855 and died in infancy; Thomas Jefferson Tom McPike, born 1857 and died 1936; and Fannie D. (McPike) Daniel, born 1859 and died 1951. Mr. McPike married for the second time on December 2, 1862, to Lucretia Porter (1814-unknown). No children were born of this marriage. Miss Ellen Ferguson (1830-1889), a native of Virginia, was Aarons third wife, whom he married December 5, 1875. There were three children from this union: an unnamed infant, born 1876; Susan Eleanor Susie (McPike) Alford, born 1878 and died 1946; and Charles Hardin, born 1880 and died 1911. Mollie Carrico, a local millinery shop owner, and Aaron were married in Harrison Co, MS on April 30, 1891.
Suggested edit: Aaron was married (firstly) on January 25, 1845, yo Susan Phebe Pritchett (born circa 1831, in Missouri, died May 18, 1862, in Pike County, Missouri.
Married (secondly) to Lucretia Porter, born 1820, in Kentucky.
Married (thirdly) to Ellen Ferguson.
Married (fourthly) to Mollie Carrico.
Contributor: Allan Wenzel (47403362) •
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