Mr. and Mrs. Walter O. Hainds
Walter Olin Hainds was born July 11, 1883 on a farm eight miles southeast of Marceline in Chariton County. He was the son of George Dewitt and Betty Hainds. He attended Salisbury Academy and Chillicothe Business College. After returning to Marceline he worked for several years for Fred Loeb in the Mercantile Store. Later, he owned and operated a confectionery in the Allen Hotel building. He was married to Alta Mae Hamilton on March 10, 1909. In 1911 they moved to the farm where Mr. Hainds took over the operation. He belonged to The Baptist Church and was a Mason. One son, Richard Olin, was born in 1913 and after his graduation from high school in 1931, he took over the operation of the farm because of his father’s illness. The farm has been in the Hainds family for four generations. Richard married Reta Evelyn Newman in June 1934 and they had one daughter, Gloria Lee, born in 1943.
Hezekiah Anderson
Hezekiah Anderson, a son of John and Mary Hubbard Anderson, was born December 6, 1851 on the Anderson farm seven miles north of Marceline. He lived on this farm, affectionately termed “the old home place” for about thirty-five years, then moved to a farm three miles northwest of where Marceline was later located. “Uncle Hez,” as he was known all over Linn and Chariton Counties, lived on this farm for many years. In early years he was associated with Mr. Ed Hayden in the Hayden meat market. “Hez” Anderson was one of the most picturesque characters in the section of Missouri. With a meager education he could hold his own with the best bankers and lawyers in reviewing abstracts and figuring notes. He was a kindly man and his life was filled with good deeds to his neighbors and friends. While a money lender, Mr. Anderson never charged the maximum rate, always giving to those who borrowed from him a cheaper rate of interest than they could get elsewhere. Many times “Uncle Hez” loaned money to worthy persons who had no security whatsoever, and if some misfortune prevented some of the people to repay him, he often gave more time on the note and in some instances has even torn the note up. “Uncle Hez” cared nothing for show or fancy clothes as far as he himself was concerned. Strangers in town would likely think that he was poverty stricken, but deep in his heart he had a great love for the beautiful things in life. His motto in life was “Choose not your friends for outward show; the feather floats, the pearl lies low.” He died in 1931. His nephew now lives on the “old home place” and a niece, Mrs. W. J. Buckley, lives on the farm northwest of Marceline that he had bought before the town was started.