Sources
2501. Johnson, E. Polk, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1912, Vol. 2, pp. 1158-1159.
Dr. John B. Lapsley.—One of the representative men of McAfee and a much esteemed member of his profession, is Dr. John B. Lapsley. He was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, November 28, 1841, his parents being John P. and Eliza A (Johnston) Lapsley. The father, likewise a native of Mercer county, was a prominent man in his time, being a magistrate, a successful business man and a representative of his county in the state legislature. He was a thoroughly self-made man, beginning life with scarcely any education, and when a mere youth became the support of the family. He was the second child and the eldest son in a family of four children, of whom the last survivor, Dr. James T. Lapsley, the distinguished Presbyterian minister of Danville, has but recently passed awa>. John P. Lapsley died August 11, 1892, at the age of seventy- eight years. The mother was a daughter of Silas Johnston of Woodford county and was of Scotch ancestry. Her demise occurred in March, 1866, at the age of forty-eight years. The paternal grandfather was James F. Laps- ley, a native of Maryland, who came to Kentucky with his father and located either in Marion or in Garrard county. Some time after his marriage with a sister of the noted Dr. Thomas Clelland he settled in Mercer county, where his descendants have since resided.
John P. Lapsley belonged to a family of five children, of whom four were boys. His brother James H. was a man of versatile talents, during his life serving in the capacities of teacher, superintendent of schools, legislator, surveyor and farmer. His death took place in 1902. W. J. Lapsley became a minister of the gospel and died in 1880. Mary Adeline became the wife of Sam Forsythe and resides with the subject of the sketch. Thomas Clelland, a farmer, died in 1882. Dr. Lapsley was educated in the public schools, attended the high school in the neighborhood and later took a course of study in Centre College, Danville. Having attended a preliminary course of lectures, he entered Jefferson Medical College and graduated from this institution in March, 1864, with the degree of M. D. After spending several months in the Chestnut Hill Military Hospital at Philadelphia, Dr. Lapsley returned to McAfee where he began the practice of medicine, the town having ever since been the scene of his activities. About a year ago he retired from practice, and he devotes a great deal of attention to the cultivation of a farm whose principal product is tobacco. For the past fifteen years, or ever since the death of his father, he has "owned this farm, which is a part of the old family homestead.
Dr. Lapsley has always taken a keen interest in educational work and progress. For years he has been identified with the cause of the public schools and has long been a school trustee. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of McAfee which was founded by his relative, the Rev. Thomas Clelland. He has served as an elder for five years, his father before him having held this honorable office. Dr. Lapsley is identified with several organizations, among these being the Central Kentucky, Mercer County and the Kentucky State Medical Societies, and the Masons and Odd Fellows. He was a Democrat until 1896, and, although still an adherent of the old Democratic principles, since the above-named year has voted the Republican ticket. He keeps well informed as to public matters and takes keen interest in politics, but has never been a politician or office seeker.
On June 14, 1866, Dr. Lapsley laid the foundations of a happy married life by his union with Eugenia C. Armstrong, daughter of Dr. W. G. Armstrong of Mercer county, a prominent physician whose career was cut short in 1854 by his death from cholera. Dr. and Mrs. Lapsley are the parents of nine children: Mary E. is at home; John P. is a physician, living and practicing at McAfee; W. R. is a merchant and postmaster of McAfee; Helen L. is the wife of Dr. E. E. Persons of the United States army; Inez is a physician of Cincinnati, Ohio; Elizabeth is at home; A. J. is a railroad contractor, at present located in Pennsylvania; J. T. is manager of the Fred Harvey hotel and eating house system, and located in Mojave, California; Addie C. is the wife of E. W. Mills, probate judge of St. j-ouis county, Missouri. It will thus be seen that Dr. Lapsley and his family are prominent factors in the life of the community with which they and their forbears have for so many years been identified and to whose progress they have contributed in no small degree.
2502. "Thirteenth Census of the United States - 1910 Population Schedule," ED 75, El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas, enumerated ? April, 1910 by Mrs. Conly N. Holford, Microfilm series T624; Roll 1549, pg 77, sheet 16B.
Address: 1020 West Olive Street
Dwelling#337/Family#399
Line 80-Magoffin, James W, Head, M, W, 45, M1 15 yrs, TX TX TX, real estate agent
Line 81-Magoffin, Ann B, Wife, F, W, 35, M1 15 yrs, KY KY KY
Line 82-Magoffin, Ann, Daughter, F, W, 12, S, TX TX KY
Line 83-Magoffin, Joe, Son, M, W, 11, S, TX TX KY
Line 84-Magoffin, Mary, Daughter, F, W, 7, S, TX TX KY
Line 85-Magoffin, James W Jr, Son, M, W, 3, S, TX TX KY
Line 86-Buford, Mary H, mother-in-law, F, W, 63, Wd, KY KY KY
Line 87-Mills, Martha, Cousin, F, W, 45, S, IL IL IL
Line 88-Ramis(?), Lulie, Servant, F, Other, 19, S, Mexico Mexico Mexico
2503. "Fourteenth Census of the United States - 1920 Population Schedule," ED 95, U.S. Military Reservation, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth Co., Kansas, enumerated 8 Jan 1920 by Mrs. Pearl Mower, Microfilm series T625; Roll 537, pg. 23, sheet 9B.
Address: 186A Grant; Dwelling#128, Family#131
Line 77-Glasgow, William J., Head, rents home, M, W, 53, marr., MO IL MO, Officer, US Army
Line 78-Glasgow, Josephine M., Wife, F, W, 45, marr., TX Mexico TX, no occupation
Line 79-Glasgow, Octavia M., Dau., F, W, 19, single, TX MO TX, no occupation
Line 80-Glasgow, Harriet C., Dau., F, W, 17, single, SD MO TX, no occupation
Line 81-Glasgow, Edward J., Son, M, W, 16, single, CA MO TX, in school
Line 82-Glasgow, William J., Son, M, W, 14, single, NY MO TX, in school
2504. "Fifteenth Census of the United States - 1930 Population Schedule," ED 71-26, City of El Paso, Justice's Precinct No. 1, El Paso Co., Texas, enumerated 15 April, 1930 by Mrs. Ann J. Rios, Microfilm T626, Roll 2328, pg. 90, sheet 8B.
Address: 1120 Magoffin Ave.
Dwelling#120/Family#186
Line 58-Glasgow, William J., Head, Owns home ($100,000), no radio, not a farm, M, W, 63, marr. age 29, MO MO MO, employment agent, copper refinery
Line 59-Glasgow, Josephine, Wife, F, W, 53, marr. age 19, TX TX TX, no occupation
Line 60-Glasgow, Octavia, Dau., F, W, 29, single, TX MO TX, no occupation
Line 61-Glasgow, Harriet, Dau., F, W, 27, single, SD MO TX, no occupation
2505. James O'Donnell, "Lamentationes leremiae: The Missing Link" (2nd article on page).
"On January 16, 1967, there passed away in El Paso, Texas, one of the last living links with the American frontier, Brigadier General William Jefferson Glasgow, USA (Ret.), who at 101 had been for the last three years of his life the oldest living graduate of the United States Military Academy. Born in St. Louis on May 18, 1866, William J. Glasgow was the son of Edward J. and Harriet Kennerly Glasgow. His father was at that time in the mercantile and banking business in St. Louis, but had led an adventurous life in the southwest during the days before and during the Mexican War, serving under President Van Buren as American consul at Guaymas, later setting himself up as a trader at Mazatlan, fighting under Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan, and acting towards the close of that war as American Commercial Agent at Chihuahua. (Two of Glasgow's sisters married sons of General William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.)1
Brigadier General Glasgow was survived by a short time by his wife, the former Josephine Magoffin, three years his junior; she was the daughter of former El Paso mayor Joseph Magoffin and the granddaughter of James W. Magoffin, one of the founders of El Paso. Until the general's death they lived, with their daughter Olivia Magoffin Glasgow, in the mission-style adobe Magoffin Home, the oldest house still standing in El Paso, built by Mrs. Glasgow's grandfather during the 1840's. When General Glasgow, of the West Point class of 1891, retired from the army for disability in 1927, he and his wife returned to El Paso to fix up the old homestead and live out the remaining forty years of his life;2 he was active and alert throughout his last years. (The home is now open as a museum run by the El Paso County Historical Society; with thick adobe walls, running around three sides of a courtyard opening to the west, the house is filled with the curios of several generations of pioneers. That the spirit thrives in the family is evidenced by the display (in one of the small rooms across the court from the main wing of the house) of a seven-foot ivory tusk from an elephant shot on safari by the general's son in 1959).
Though he spent forty years in the military, Glasgow never saw overseas duty in wartime. His first action out of the Academy, as a shavetail in the Cavalry, was "stern-chasing" the Apache Kid through New Mexico. But his most active period of service was under General John J. Pershing on the punitive expedition into Mexico in 1914 in pursuit of Pancho Villa after the infamous raid on Columbus, New Mexico. The records of that expedition have some blank spaces in them and it is apparently to one of those blank spaces which we owe our discovery.3
For upon General Glasgow's death, in accordance with his will, his substantial collection of public and private papers and his private library (not without its own bibliographical rarities, since some of the volumes therein were inherited by Gen. and Mrs. Glasgow from their own families) were given to the United States Government to be preserved and made available for scholars at the Fort Bliss Replica Museum in El Paso.4 That facility is not, to tell the truth, fully staffed to handle scholarly accessions of this magnitude, and the process of classifying and evaluating the holdings of the Glasgow collection is progressing slowly.
The particular item with which we are concerned is a vellum manuscript, approximately 8< by 11 inches in size, containing fifty-three leaves written on one side only, with a space of approximately one line separating each line, discovered in a file labled only "Mexico -- 1914", the other contents of which are two badly disintegrated Spanish-language newspapers (not yet identified) and a few laundry bills from a cleaners in Columbus, New Mexico.5 The manuscript itself appears to be immensely old in comparison with the other materials (this can be confirmed by an olifactory examination with appropriate equipment); it is written in Latin in an unusual script not unlike the court hand (first named by E.A. Lowe as "Smith-Corona Pica") practised in the Emirate of Granada in the fifteenth century. There is no explicit title on the first leaf of the manuscript (which does seem to be intact, containing a continuous text in its entirety), but the first line (fol. 1r) begins with the phrase Domino Hiraio ilustro et sagacisimo... " (the remainder of the website discusses this rare text)
2506. Leon Metz, "El Paso Chronicles," http://www.epscene.com/monthlyhistory.html, "1896: Oct. 29, Lt. William Jefferson Glasgow marries Josephine Richardson Magoffin, daughter of Joseph and granddaughter of James Magoffin. It is the social event of the 1890s.".
2507. "Thirteenth Census of the United States - 1910 Population Schedule," ED 77, El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas, enumerated 15 April, 1910 by Ely Martin, Microfilm series T624; Roll 1549, pg 107, sheet 1A.
Line 11-Glasgow, William J, Capt., M, W, 43, M1 14 yrs, MO IL MO, Officer
2508. Texas Historic Commission, "Magoffin Home State Historic Site". "One of their daughters, Octavia Magoffin Glasgow, was living in the home in 1976 when the family decided to sell it. She retained life tenancy and continued to live in the home until her death in 1986.".
2509. "Thirteenth Census of the United States - 1910 Population Schedule," ED 40, Deerwood Village, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, enumerated the 16th and 18th April, 1910 by Joseph Bergfalk, Microfilm series T624; Roll 694, pg. 134, sheet 2B.
Dwelling/Family#36
Line 65-Magoffin, Beriah, head, M, W, 34, m1 2yrs, KY KY KY, mining engineer - iron mines
Line 66-Magoffin, Charlotte, wife, F, W, 26, m1 2yrs, 0/0 children, AR US NY
2510. "Fourteenth Census of the United States - 1920 Population Schedule," ED 127, Deerwood Village, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, enumerated 6 - 7 Jan 1920 by Sophia R. Ness, Microfilm series T625; Roll 829, sheet 2A.
Address: Farm
Dwelling #25/Family #26
Line 12-Magoffin, Beriah Jr., head, owns freely, M, W, 50, marr., KY KY KY, mining engineer
Line 13-Magoffin, Charlotte M., wife, F, W, 35, marr., AR AR MO
Line 14-Magoffin, Charlotte B., daughter, F, W, 7, single, MN KY AR
Line 15-Magoffin, Beriah, son, M, W, 5, single, MN KY AR
Line 16-Magoffin, Morton D., son, M, W, 3 11/12, single, MN KY AR
Line 17-Magoffin, Shelby J., son, M, W, 2 6/12, single, MN KY AR
Line 18-Magoffin, John G., son, M, W, 5 mo., single, MN KY AR
Line 19-Johnson, Laura, cook, F, Mu, 55, marr., KY KY KY
Line 20-Strader, Annie, Maid, F, B, 18, single, MN KY KY
2511. "Fifteenth Census of the United States - 1930 Population Schedule," ED 18-18, Deerwood Village, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, enumerated April 23, 1930 by Arthur H. Mattson, Microfilm T626, Roll 1084, Sheet 1A.
Dwelling #7/Family #7
Line 30-Magoffin, Beriah Jr., head, owns home - $10,000; M, W, 56, marr. age 33, KY KY KY, mining engineer
Line 31-Magoffin, Charlotte M., wife, F, W, 43, marr. age 20, AR AR NY
Line 32-Magoffin, Charlotte Bird, daughter, F, W, 18, single, MN KY AR
Line 33-Magoffin, Beriah Jr. 3rd, son, M, W, 15, single, MN KY AR
Line 34-Magoffin, Morton D., son, M, W, 14, single, MN KY AR
Line 35-Magoffin, J. Shelby, son, M, W, 12, single, MN KY AR
Line 36-Magoffin, John G., son, M, W, 10, single, MN KY AR
Line 37-Magoffin, Susan S., daughter, F, W, 2 6/12, single, MN KY AR
Line 38-Niemi, Hilda S., servant, F, W, 18, single, MN Finland US, cook
Line 39-Anthony, Ellen G., servant, F, W, 18, single, MN Russia Russia, servant
2512. Minnesota Historical Society, "Minnesota Death Certificate Index," http://people.mnhs.org/dci/, CertID# 1940-MN-003388.
2513. USGenWeb Archives, "Deerwood/Scandia Cemetery, Deerwood Township, Crow Wing Co., MN," http://files.usgwarchives.org/mn/crowwing/cemeteries/deerwood.txt.
"Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Recording completed by Susan Quayle-Severson, Ronald Quayle and Megan Severson, September, 1998.
Deerwood/Scandia Cemetery is located on Scandia Road just off Highway 6, a few miles south of the town of Deerwood. The cemetery was founded in the 1880's and is still used for burials today. It is one of the nicer cemeteries I've seen, with woods on three sides and large old oak trees on its grounds. At this time, there are approximately 735 burials in the cemetery. There were a few stones that were illegible due to erosion and two other stones that were written in a foreign language I couldn't decipher. There are no unmarked graves that I'm aware of."
MAGOFFIN Beriah, Jr. B:1869 D:1940
MAGOFFIN Beriah, III B:1914 D:1946
"Commander, U.S. Navy"
MAGOFFIN Charlotte Bird B:1/17/1912 D:4/1989
MAGOFFIN Charlotte M. B:2/19/1884 D:1/1969
MAGOFFIN John Griffith B:1919 D:1945
"Major - U.S.A.A.F."
2514. Cuyuna Country Heritage Preservation Society, "Stories," http://www.cuyunaheritage.org/stories.html, spells her maiden name Mondscheen.
Shotgun Honeymoon?
Beriah Magoffin Jr. and Charlotte Bird Mondscheen were married in 1907. "Dad didn't tell mother she had chosen a date right in the middle of hunting season," Susan Shelby Magoffin Stoker said in an oral interview. "For a wedding trip they took the train to Deerwood, deposited mother's wardrobe at the boarding house and went duck hunting for several days." In some cases, that would have been the end of the romance right there, but for this couple it was just starting off right. " Mother liked to hunt," their daughter explained. "He gave her a 10 gauge shotgun and she hunted for some years, and I've seen a classic picture of her sitting on a muskrat house in long skirts and a hat with a gun. . . . a hunting family, that's for certain."
(includes photos of Beriah and Charlotte)
2516. Minnesota Historical Society, "Minnesota Death Certificate Index," http://people.mnhs.org/dci/, CertID# 1969-MN-000344; maiden name spelled MONDSCHINE and MONDSCHIEN.
2517. Pam Long <rplong -at- comcast.net>, "Magoffin Genealogy," 20 May 2008.
2518. Groethe, Ozzie, "The Magoffin Family," Brainerd Dispatch, Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, Wednesday, 21 May 2008.
The Magoffin family
Morton Magoffin said he owed part of his success in combat to his upbringing in Deerwood and the surrounding area, according to family. His father was an avid small game hunter in addition to big game in the U.S. and abroad. Morton followed his footsteps from the time he was a small child.
He said he learned those difficult "deflection" shots - being able to hit a moving target from a moving platform (not an easy task and very important in aerial combat) hunting with his father. Hunting was the family's main pastime. Morton's sister, Susan, also raised in Deerwood, was a nationally known wing-shooter. She recently passed away in Wayzata. Mort's mother, Charlotte, was an avid duck and goose hunter and used a 10-gauge shotgun. She and her husband, Beriah, went duck hunting on their honeymoon in 1907. They had just taken a train to Deerwood to start their married life and with Morton starting his new job at Hanna Mining they built an imposing home on Lake Reno that is still standing.
The Magoffins were originally from Kentucky, emigrating from County Down in Ireland. Morton's great-grandfather, Beriah Magoffin, was governor of Kentucky before the Civil War. Beriah's brother, Ebenezer, was a colonel in the Union Army, who fought in the Civil War. Another brother, Joseph, served in the Civil War as a colonel, and ended up as the mayor of El Paso, Texas. A sister, Shelby Magoffin, was one of the first frontiers women in U.S. history, accompanying General Stephen Kearney on his first expedition to the Southwest and into Mexico. She became a noted author, recounting her travel and experiences. Finally, honoring the Magoffins, a warship of W.W.II was named after them; the USS Magoffin, APA 199, that saw action in the Pacific. Morton Magoffin of Minnesota had some very impressive lives to live up to. He certainly did do that.
2519. Groethe, Ozzie, "Coming up aces: Remembering one of Deerwood's 'best-kept secrets'," Brainerd Dispatch, Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., Minnesota, Wednesday, 21 May 2008.
Crow Wing County has its share of war heroes, with a few who are virtually unknown by residents.
How many know that the small city of Deerwood produced a West Point graduate who ended up in the Air Corps, fought at Pearl Harbor, then in Europe, and then became part of that legendary (and very small) group known as "Fighter Aces." This may be one of Deerwood's "best-kept secrets."
His name - Morton David Magoffin, who died last summer in California at the age of 91. It is hard to place a measure on heroism, but if there was, "Mort" Magoffin would rank near the top.
[photo; caption: Morton David Magoffin, who died last summer in California at the age of 91, was a West Point graduate who ended up in the Air Corps, fought at Pearl Harbor, then in Europe, and became part of a legendary group known as the "Fighter Aces." He may be one of Deerwood's "best-kept secrets."]
Magoffin was born in Deerwood on Feb. 1, 1916, the son of Beriah and Charlotte Magoffin. Beriah was a mining engineer, a graduate of Virginia Military Institute and the Michigan College of Mines, now Michigan Technological University. Before settling in Deerwood in 1907 he had spent a year in Alaska and the Yukon (the Klondike Rush and Indian River). While living in Deerwood, Beriah worked for the Hanna Mining Co. until his death in 1940.
Morton's mother, Charlotte, traveled the world for years, before and after World War II and accumulated a large collection of dolls; she left them to the Crow Wing Historical Society, and the approximately 200 authentic costumed ethnic dolls, from the most exotic places, are on display in the sheriff's residence in Brainerd.
Morton graduated from Crosby-Ironton High School on May 31, 1933; three brothers also attended Crosby-Ironton in the '30s, and also were in service in WWII. Morton was accepted at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, at the age of 17. He graduated from West Point with an exemplary record on June 12, 1937, at the top of his class, at the U.S. Army Air Corps Flying School at Kelly Field in Texas. He was then assigned to the 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field in Michigan, Eddie Rickenbacker's old "Hat in the Ring" 94th Pursuit Squadron. He was flying the new Seversky P-35. He made a bit of history when he was determined to save the airplane when the engine cut out, and he had to make a dead stick landing, with an airplane that glided like a streamlined brick. He tore up a couple of fields, tore down three fences and had a very irate farmer to cope with ... but Morton survived.
He served in the states until March 1941. Then was sent to Hawaii and was based at Wheeler Field when the Dec. 7, 1941, attack occurred. Morton was in action from the first day of the war flying the P-40 Warhawk. This fighter was already obsolescent, but it had become famous as the "shark-toothed" mount of the Flying Tigers, the AVG pilots in China. It was still an effective fighter if piloted by men like Magoffin. He did survive Pearl Harbor Day to fight again.
He was later assigned to duty back on the mainland; the Army Air Forces had bigger plans for him. He rose in rank to lieutenant colonel, and was selected to command the newly organized 362nd Fighter Group (9th Air Force). They needed men with his experience to train men for the impending combat tour to Europe. They soon embarked for England and became the first fighter group using the new P-47 Thunderbolt (affectionately named the "Jug" because of its shape like a moonshiner's whiskey jug).
He flew his first mission in February 1944, escorting B-24 bombers, attempting to destroy the German V bomb launching sites near Pas de Calais, in northern France.
He was in command of three squadrons in his group, but he did not stay on the base like many C.O.'s would have. He flew nearly every mission with his men, accompanying and leading them on the most hazardous flights. He was exceptionally aggressive as a flight leader, but not foolhardy; he had great piloting skills. Until April 1944, his group was engaged primarily in escorting bombers and attacking communication centers in France and Belgium in preparation for the upcoming invasion of Normandy. Mort was promoted to full colonel but refused the desk job he was selected for and kept flying his group. On a mission on April 17, 1944, he downed a German plane, a Messerschmitt Me-109, his first aerial victory. After the invasion the group moved to Lignerolles, and on July 8 he shot down his second fighter, a Fock-Wolf FW-190. On July 13 he shot down two FW-190's in less than five minutes, bringing his tally to four. He encountered heavy ground fire on the next mission, and he had another "dead stick" landing (in a very heavy airplane) fortunately finding a British landing strip at Caen, France.
There was a crack in the No. 10 cylinder, oil covered his windshield, and it was a miracle he could set it down. That was the last time he flew "Carol Ann" (named after the middle names of his two oldest daughters). But a couple of days later he was back in the cockpit of "Carol Ann II."
On July 31 he was in a life-and-death battle with a skilled German pilot ... a "dogfight" that lasted much longer than the average encounter, but Magoffin was finally able to get on his tail and fire the last shots. He followed the smoking plane as it quickly lost altitude and he was able to witness the crash. To verify a victory, the pilot had to be certain of the destruction of the plane; preferably with gun camera verification; if that was not possible, other pilots, or U.S. ground forces who witnessed the battle could verify the crash.
Morton Magoffin was now an "Ace," with the necessary five confirmed victories. But regardless of superb flying skills, all pilots are subject to ground fire and this finally hit Morton; he was shot down over France in August 1944 and captured by the Germans. He had been severely wounded by the ground fire before bailing out, and the Germans placed him in a hospital at Etain, France. A few days later he was transferred by the Germans to another hospital in Paris. A few days after that, he was released from captivity when the allies took Paris. Magoffin had completed 84 combat missions, before the ill-fated 85th.
After undergoing several operations, he finally returned to the states. After recovering from his wounds, he accepted assignments in California, North Carolina and then Alaska, where he served in the Air Training Command. While in Alaska, he had the misfortune of a "flame-out" of the jet fighter he was flying, leading to a crash landing and breaking his back. Again, he recovered quite soon and went back to active duty. He taught at the War College in Montgomery, Ala., before going to the Pentagon to serve in War Plans for two years. He was next sent to Korea, where he was in charge of the Air Base at Seoul for a year. He then served at Mather Field (Sacramento) until his lingering injuries forced an early retirement; he completed his career as a colonel in 1958.
Morton Magoffin died on July 10, 2007, at his Pleasanton, Calif., home at the age of 91. He is survived by his wife and three daughters, all of California and Florida.
His second great distinction, beside becoming an "Ace," was being awarded the nation's second-highest honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, for extraordinary valor in combat. In addition, his other awards were the Silver Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart and the Air Medal with 16 Oak Leaf Clusters. He was also awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre and the French Croix de Guerre.
The men who flew fighter planes were all joined by a common bond of almost mystical quality. They were compared with the knights of old, jousting on horseback, individual against individual, in mortal combat. As the fighter pilot rose above the impersonal nature of warfare, so did another group of unusual men rise above their fellow pilots ... to become this inner and elite brotherhood ... of Aces. Only 2 percent of all wartime fighter pilots have become an Ace. Morton Magoffin was one.
A distinguished military career when you add it all up - West Point graduate, Pearl Harbor survivor, 85 hazardous combat missions, achieving the rare "Ace," shot down, wounded in action, prisoner of war, awarded the second-highest military honor, high level service in the peacetime Air Force.
If he and his exploits were, in fact, a "best-kept secret," he can now be honored by the citizens of Crow Wing County, along with all other area veterans who have served their country.
Osborne "Ozzy" Groethe, a World War II veteran and historian, writes primarily on the WWII air war with an emphasis on Fighter Aces. He has performed volunteer work for the American Fighter Aces Association now located in the Seattle Air Museum. He now lives in Alexandria but spent most of his life in Maple Grove. He is a native of North Dakota.
2520. "Atkinson, Will" <watkinson -at- 3ht.com>, "Update on 566 laetitia Robb Thompson," 22 May 2008.
2521. Ibid. Dwight did not have a middle name.
2522. William Atkinson <william.atkinson -at- uspto.gov> - provided list of children of John Thompson and Letitia Magoffin. Still living (May, 2008).
2523. "Fourteenth Census of the United States - 1920 Population Schedule," ED 21, Precinct 5, Eagle Rock City, Burbank Twp., Los Angeles Co., California, enumerated the 16th of Jan., 1920 by Maude B. Chamberlain, Microfilm series T625; Roll 102, pg. 105, sheet 11B.
Address: 123 Hal--- Avenue
Dwelling/Family#24
Line 77-Magoffin, Elijah H., Head, O/M, M, W, 34, marr., MO KY MO, linotype operator
Line 78-Magoffin, Elyvon L., Wife, F, W, 31, marr., IL KY IL
Line 79-Magoffin, Lindsay F., Son, M, W, 9, single, CA MO IL
Line 80-Magoffin, Ronald V., Son, M, W, 7, single, CA MO IL
Line 81-Magoffin, Richard R., Son, M, W, 1 4/12, single, CA MO IL
2524. Institute for Regional Studies, North Dakota State University, "Ebenezer Magoffin Papers, 1840-1958 (Mss 950)".
Ebenezer Magoffin was born in Missouri on November 4,1868 to Beriah and Manlius Magoffin. He was descended from Governor Beriah Magoffin of Kentucky, and General David Thomson. These were wealthy slaveholding families until the Civil War. In 1883 the family moved to Washington, D.C., and then to Dakota Territory near Redfield, South Dakota where Beriah Magoffin had contracts on several mail routes. During 1883-84 Ebenezer served as a page boy in the U.S. House of Representatives and also attended Spencerian Business College. In 1886 the family moved to Monango in Dickey County and established the Monango Mercantile Cash Co. In 1895 they established briefly the Magoffin and Son Cheeze Factory. In June 1897 Mr. Magoffin married Fannie Helferty of Monango and they had a daughter, Fannie. In 1898 his wife died, and in 1902 he married Amy Northrop, a teacher. She was the daughter of Theodorus Northrop, a Dickey County pioneer and a member of North Dakota's Constitutional Convention. They had one daughter, Lois. Mr. Magoffin died January 31, 1953 in Evanston, Illinois and Amy Magoffin died ca. March 28, 1957 in Texas. They are both buried in Monango.
Mr. Magoffin was camp clerk and Secretary of Modern Woodmen of America for over 50 years going back to 1893. He was elected State Senator from Dickey County on the Democratic ticket in 1936 and 1938. He was an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Monango and a Mason.
2525. "Fourteenth Census of the United States - 1920 Population Schedule," ED 84, Monango Village, Keystone Twp., Dickey Co., North Dakota, enumerated 13-14 Jan 1920 by James P. Laughlin, Microfilm series T625; Roll 1332, sheet 3A.
Dwelling #50/Family#51
Line 50-Magoffin, Ebenezer, head, owns home freely, M, W, 52, marr., can read/write, MO US US, cashier - bank
Line 51-Magoffin, Amy, wife, F, W, 44, marr., can read/write, WI NY MA, no occupation
LIne 52-Magoffin, Fannie, daughter, F, W, 23, can read/write, ND MO Canada, university student
Line 53-Magoffin, Lois, daughter, F, W, 16, can read/write, ND MO WI
2526. FamilySearch, "1881 Canadian Census".
Source Information:
Census Place Marysborough North, Prince Edward, Ontario
Family History Library Film 1375873
NA Film Number C-13237
District 119
Sub-district G
Division 1
Page Number 12
Household Number 51
2527. "Twelfth Census of the United States - 1900 Population Schedule," ED 63, 6th Mag. Dist, Ward 3, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co., Kentucky, enumerated 16th of June, 1900 by Lelia R. Linney, Microfilm Series T632, Roll 544, page 327b, sheet 19B.
Dwelling/Family#476
Line 83-Bohon, Sallie, head, W, F, Jul 1846, 53, Wd., 6 children, 5 living; KY KY KY, owns home freely
Line 84-Bohon, Annie B., dau., W, F, ? 1872, 27, single, KY KY KY
Line 85-Bohon, Nannie, dau., W, F, Oct 1876, 23, single, KY KY KY
Line 86-Bohon, Henry C., son, W, M, Jul 1882, 17, single, KY KY KY
2528. "Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000". Vol. 42, Cert. #20640.
2529. Ibid. Vol. 44, Cert. #21938.
2530. "Death Records Certificates," Filed 31 Aug 1928, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri, File No. 28127, PDF, Missouri State Archives.
2531. "Ninth Census of the United States: 1870 Population Schedule," Heaths Creek Twp., Sedalia P.O., Pettis Co., Missouri, enumerated June 18, 1870, by A. P. Morey, Microfilm #M593, roll 797, 524B.
Dwelling#315/Family#314
Line 11-Montgomery, John, age 19, M, W, Farmer, Kentucky
Line 12-Montgomery, Thomas, age 25, M, W, Farmer, Kentucky
2532. "Death Records Certificates," Filed 23 Oct 1937, 1202 S. Lamine, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri, File No. 34985, PDF, Missouri State Archives, states birthdate was 5 Sep 1855 in Missouri.
2534. "Death Records Certificates," Filed 22 sep 1937, Houstonia R.F.D., Longwood Twp., Pettis Co., Missouri, File No. 31458, PDF, Missouri State Archives, gives year of birth as 1851.
2535. Mary Ed Hartnell <maryedh -at- yahoo.com.au>. great-granddaughter of John and Emma Montgomery.
2536. "Death Records Certificates," Filed 22 sep 1937, Houstonia R.F.D., Longwood Twp., Pettis Co., Missouri, File No. 31458, PDF, Missouri State Archives.
2537. "Death Records Certificates," Filed 5 May 1931, 301 Bompart St., Webster Grove, St. Louis Co., Missouri, File No.19185, PDF, Missouri State Archives.
2538. "Thirteenth Census of the United States - 1910 Population Schedule," ED 125, 1st Ward, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri, enumerated the 22nd day of April, 1910 by Roy K. Mason, Microfilm series T624; Roll 801, pg 87, sheet 9A.
Address: 1405 W. 3rd St.
Dwelling#181/Family#183
Line 38-Zoll, Charles H., Head, M, W, 58, M1 27 yrs, VA VA VA, civil engineer - city
Line 39-Zoll, Mary C., Wife, F, W, 54, M1 27 yrs, 2/2 children, KY KY KY
2539. "Death Records Certificates," Filed 3 Aug 1927, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, File No.24256, PDF, Missouri State Archives.
2540. "Tenth Census of the United States - 1880 Population Schedule," Warrensburg, Johnson Co., Missouri, National Archives Film Number T9-0696, pg. 371A, 1880 U.S. census database, http://www.familysearch.org.
2541. "Death Records Certificates," Filed 7 May 1943, Bothwell Hospital, Sedalia, Pettis Co., Missouri, File No.18674, PDF, Missouri State Archives.
2542. Larry Adams, "Adams Genealogy," http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=adams02, (database last updated in 1998; contact info out-of-date), Has her name as Armanellie.
2543. Daniele Nadon Paston <pastond -at- comcast.net>, "McAfee & Curry Connections," 16 Aug 2007. 6th of James and Mary Jane's 9 children; gr-grandfather of Daniele Nadon Paston.
2544. Our Haddon, McClure, Curry and Allied Families, Eliza Haddon Brevoort and Doris Bond Wheeler, Compilers and Editors, Burkert-Walton Co., 1952, p. 299; p. 325.
2545. Ibid. p. 299; "died in navy at age of 20".
2547. Burl L. Rich (Transcriber), "Good Hope Cemetery (North Side), Honey Creek Township, Crawford County, Illinois," http://crawford.ilgenweb.net/cems/goodhope.html.
2549. Our Haddon, McClure, Curry and Allied Families, Eliza Haddon Brevoort and Doris Bond Wheeler, Compilers and Editors, Burkert-Walton Co., 1952, p. 293.
2550. Illinois State Archives, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900". Marriage Book 1, p. 36.
2551. Our Haddon, McClure, Curry and Allied Families, Eliza Haddon Brevoort and Doris Bond Wheeler, Compilers and Editors, Burkert-Walton Co., 1952, p. 193, 294.
2552. A History of Sullivan County, Indiana, Vol. II, Thomas J. Wolfe, Ed., New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909, pp. 380-382, http://books.google.com/books?id=hhQVAAAAYAAJ. Died at age 26.
2553. "Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920 Population Schedule," ED 265, Ward 2, Hymera Town, Jackson Twp., Sullivan Co., Indiana, enumerated 14 Jan 1920 by Frank M. Head, Microfilm Series T624, Roll 467, pg. 31, sheet 8A.
Dwelling#177/Family#187 (enumerated on Vine Street)
Line 31-Steele, Homer, head, owns home freely, M, W, 36, marr., IN IN IN; agent, stock company
Line 32-Steele, Maud, wife, F, W, 33, marr., IN IN IN
Line 33-Steele, Theresa, daughter, F, W, 12, single, IN IN IN
Line 34-Steele, Mary E., daughter, F, W, 5, single, IN IN IN
2554. Our Haddon, McClure, Curry and Allied Families, Eliza Haddon Brevoort and Doris Bond Wheeler, Compilers and Editors, Burkert-Walton Co., 1952, p. 613 - diary of Mrs. Lydia E. Crawford: "Apr. 2, 1905: Homer Steele & our Daughter Maud Crawford was married. Mr. Stanford Chambers said the ceremony.".
2555. Jody McPherson <Jodymcp -at- cs.com>, "Brodie-Curry," 28 Apr 2005, * sent family group sheets, married in home of J. A. Crawford.
2556. Ibid. gives date of birth as 23 Nov 1891.
2557. Our Haddon, McClure, Curry and Allied Families, Eliza Haddon Brevoort and Doris Bond Wheeler, Compilers and Editors, Burkert-Walton Co., 1952, p. 608; cites William A. Brodie Family Bible.
2558. Jody McPherson <Jodymcp -at- cs.com>, "Brodie-Curry," 28 Apr 2005, * sent family group sheets, gives year of marriage as 1927.
2559. Our Haddon, McClure, Curry and Allied Families, Eliza Haddon Brevoort and Doris Bond Wheeler, Compilers and Editors, Burkert-Walton Co., 1952, p. 72; p. 305.
2563. Ibid. p. 148; married by Rev. James Hixon, Carlisle, Indiana.
2564. Ibid. p. 149; listing of Marriage Records at Sullivan County Court House.
2568. Ibid. p. 148; from listing of Knox County Court Records.
2576. "An attack on McAfee's Station, in the year 1781." - excerpted from Historical Sketches of Kentucky, written by Lewis Collins. Maysville, KY: Lewis Collins and Cincinnati: J. A. and U. P. James, 1848. pp. 461-462.
2577. Photo of grave marker - sent by Larry Lapsley, <lapman -at- wildblue.net>, May 2009.
2578. Photo of grave marker - sent by Larry Lapsley, <lapman -at- wildblue.net>, May 2009.
2579. Photo of grave marker - sent by Larry Lapsley, <lapman -at- wildblue.net>, May 2009.
2580. Photo of grave marker - sent by Larry Lapsley, <lapman -at- wildblue.net>, May 2009.
2581. Photo of grave marker - sent by Larry Lapsley, <lapman -at- wildblue.net>, May 2009.
2582. Photo of grave marker - sent by Larry Lapsley, <lapman -at- wildblue.net>, May 2009.
2583. Dick Geiger <DickGeiger -at- googlemail.com>, 30 Jun 2009.
2584. Ibid. Died at the U.S. Veterans Hospital.
2585. Interment.net and US Dept. of Veterans' Affairs, "Alexandria National Cemetery, Pineville, Rapides Parish, Louisiana".
"Zoder, John E, b. 02/20/1889, d. 11/25/1939, PVT STUDENTS ARMY CORPS TULANE UNIV, Plot: B 3037, bur. 11/27/1939"
cemetery address:
209 East Shamrock Street
Pineville, LA 71360
2586. Washington State Digital Archives, "Washington State Death Records".
Image No. 2452
Document No. 39
Name: John Ritchie McAfee
Date of Death: 9 Nov 1932
Age: 94
Gender: male
Father name: William McAfee
Mother name: Rebecca Ritchie
Death place: Centralia, Lewis, Washington
Spouse: Alice A. McAfee
2587. Washington State Digital Archives, "Washington State Death Records".
Image No. 1952
Document No. 143
Name: Alice Ann McAffee
Date of Death: 24 Feb 1940
Age: 87
Gender: female
Death place: Rochester, Thurston, Washington
Spouse: J. R. McAfee
2588. Richard Stevens (transcriber) and the Lewis County Genealogical Society, "Mountain View Cemetery, Centralia, Lewis County, WA".
2589. "Ninth Census of the United States - 1870 Population Schedule," Ireland Precinct, Taylor Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Jul 1870 by A. Buchanan, Asst. Marshal, National Archives Film Number M593, Roll 499, pg. 241B.
Dwelling#78/Family#78
Line 7-Buchanan, Wm., 42, m, w, farmer, $1210, $1181, KY
Line 8-Buchanan, Susan N., 41, f, w, keeping house, KY
Line 9-Buchanan, Woodruff, 19, m, w, farm laborer, KY
Line 10-Buchanan, Isaac C., 17, m, w, farm laborer, KY
Line 11-Buchanan, Norah A., 15, f, w, at home, KY
Line 12-Buchanan, Sarah E., 10, f, w, at home, KY
Line 13-Buchanan, Linsey E., 8, m, w, KY
Line 14-Buchanan, Joe Willie, 3, f, w, KY
2590. "Tenth Census of the United States - 1880 Population Schedule," ED 222, Magisterial District No. 4, Ireland Precinct, Taylor Co., Kentucky, enumerated 23rd day of June, 1880 by Ed H. King(?), National Archives Film Number T9, Roll 442, pg. 39B.
Dwelling#?/Family#?
Line 1-Buchanan, Wm., w, m, 52, head, marr., farmer, KY VA VA
Line 2-Buchanan, Susan, w, f, 50, wife, marr., keeping house, KY OH NC
Line 3-Buchanan, Lizzie, w, f, 22, daughter, single, at home, KY KY KY
Line 4-Buchanan, Lee, w, m, 17, son, single, farm laborer, KY KY KY
Line 5-Buchanan, Willie, w, f, 14, daughter, single, at home, KY KY KY
Line 6-Buchanan, Jon RIce(?), w, m, 6, son, single, KY KY KY
Line 7-Miller, Sarah, w, f, 89, mother-in-law, widowed; NC Germany Germany
Line 8-Du---th, -?_, b, m, 16, servant, KY KY KY
2591. "Twelfth Census of the United States - 1900 Population Schedule," ED 119, 4th Magisterial District, Ireland, Taylor Co., Kentucky, enumerated 19 Jun 1900 by McKarvis G. Stiger, Microfilm Series T623, Roll 552, p. 155, sheet 12A.
Dwelling#231/Family#234
Line 35-Buchanan, Wm., head, w, m, b. June 1828, age 71, Wd., KY VA VA; farmer; owns farm, freely
Line 36-Buchanan, Sarah E., daughter, f, w, b. Sep 1860, age 39, single, KY KY KY
2592. Sallie Finney <sfinney4962@charter.net>, "Buchanan line," 26 Apr 2007. She descends from Woodruff H. "Wood" and Cardena Aletha (Sublett) Buchanan. Henry Allen Buchanan married (1st) Laura Gaines of Green Co., KY, and (2nd) Elizabeth Gaines, Laura's cousin. Henry had one son with Laura, and three children with Elizabeth.
2593. "Tenth Census of the United States - 1880 Population Schedule," ED 34, Greensburg District No. 1, Green Co., Kentucky, enumerated 10th day of June, 1880 by H. H. Moody, National Archives Film Number T9, Roll 416, pg. 611B.
Dwelling#51/Family#55
Line 43-Buchanan, Wood, w, m, 29, head, marr., farmer, KY KY KY
Line 44-Buchanan, Caroline L. w, f, 20, wife, marr., keeping house, KY KY KY
Line 45-Buchanan, Henry A., w, m, 2, son, single, KY KY KY
Line 46-Atchelon, Dempsey, w, m, 14, servant, single, farm laborer, KY TN TN
2594. "Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910 Population Schedule," ED 137, Magisterial District No. 4, Taylor Co., Kentucky, enumerated 12 May 1910 by William T. Miller, Microfilm Series T624, Roll 503, pg. 104, sheet 12A.
Dwelling#227/Family#227
Line 5-Buchanan, Wood, head, m, w, 59, marr1 33 yrs, KY KY KY; farmer; owns farm freely
Line 6-Buchanan, Aleatha, wife, f, w, 49, marr1 33 yrs, 2 children, both living; KY KY KY
Line 7-Ellis, Clarence, hired hand, m, b, 18, single, KY KY KY; farm laborer
2595. "Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000", vol. 11, cert.#05195.
2596. "Eighth Census of the United States - 1860 Population Schedule," Taylor Co., Kentucky, enumerated 29 Jun 1860 by Jno. A. Marshall, Asst. Marshal, National Archives Film Number M653, Roll 396, pg. 563B.
Dwelling#349/Family#244
Line 1-Sublett, Jas. A., 38, m, farmer, $2000, $650, KY
Line 2-Sublett, Nancy, 38, f, KY
Line 3-Sublett, Jno. G., m, laborer, $0, $150, KY
Line 4-Sublett, Wm. H., 14, m, KY
Line 5-Sublett, Nancy S., 12, f, KY
Line 6-Sublett, Mary E., 10, f, KY
Line 7-Sublett, Sarah L., 9, f, KY
Line 8-Sublett, Virginia A., 7, f, KY
Line 9-Sublett, Lucinda J., 5, f, KY
Line 10-Sublett, C. A. C. E., age 2 months, f, KY
Line 11-Phillips, Jos. W., 14 ,m, KY
2597. "Ninth Census of the United States - 1870 Population Schedule," Ireland Precinct, Taylor Co., Kentucky, enumerated 13 Aug 1870 by A. H. Buchanan, Asst. Marshal, National Archives Film Number M593, Roll 499, pg. 254A.
Dwelling#231/Family#229
Line 23-Sublett, Jas. A., 48, m, w, farmer, $3852, $4131, KY
Line 24-Sublett, Nancie, 48, f, w, keeping house, KY
Line 25-Sublett, William H., 24, m, w, farm laborer, $0, $500, KY
Line 26-Sublett, Virginia A., 17, f, w, at home, KY
Line 27-Sublett, Lucinda J., 15, f, w, at home, KY
Line 28-Sublett, Leatha, 10, f, w, at home, KY
Line 29-Sublett, Eliza, 7, f, w, KY
Line 30-Howard, Luther, 24, m, w, farm laborer, KY
Line 31-Frazier, Carrie, 8, f, w, farm laborer, KY
2598. "Kentucky Death Records 1911-2000", vol. 38, cert#18606.