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Below is a sample of a family biography
included in The History of Cass County, Missouri and published by
The Historical Publishing Company in 1917.
These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing
ancestors or filling in the details in a family tree. Family biographies often
include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.
Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place
of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including
maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if
married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service,
church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often
ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical
record.
Xenophon S. Storms is a descendant of one of the real pioneer
families of Cass County. He was born in Polk township in 1858, and is a son of
John A. and Cynthia A. (Sloan) Storms. The father was born in Jessamine
County, Kentucky, in 1831. He was a son of Asa Storms and came to Cass County
with his parents from Kentucky in 1849. There were several members of the
family. He died in 1910, and his wife, Cynthia A. Sloan, mho was born in
Jackson County, Missouri, in 1830, died in 1904. Their remains rest side by
side in the Sloan Cemetery. They were the parents of six children, as follows:
X. S., the subject of this sketch; Asa, Polk township; Henry, Pleasant Hill;
Mrs. Carrie B. Lancaster, Pleasant Hill; George, Pleasant Hill township; and
Ella, who died at the age of twelve years.
X. S. Storms was educated in the Pleasant Grove schools, known as the Storm
school house. He began farming for himself at the age of twenty-one, although
he made his home with his parents for several years. He bought his first
place, which consisted of eighty-five acres, about 1887. He sold this in
January, 1900, and purchased his present farm of one hundred twenty acres,
located just across the county line, in Van Buren township, Jackson County. He
paid thirty-six dollars and fifty cents per acre for this place, which was
very slightly improved at the time. He has made of it one of the finest farms
in that vicinity, and has won the reputation of being one of the best farmers
in his neighborhood. In 1908 he built a cozy, seven-room, modern residence.
His place is well equipped with barns, sheds, and a garage. The place has a
splendid supply of water, which is considered an indispensable adjunct for a
convenient and profitable stock farm. Mr. Storms specializes in high-grade
Shorthorn cattle and registered Poland China bogs.
Mr. Storms was united in marriage in 1900 with Miss Sallie J. Thompson,
daughter of George and Elizabeth Thompson, of Pleasant Hill. The Thompson
family are natives of Garrett County, Kentucky. They came to Cass County,
Missouri, in 1881. Elizabeth Thompson, mother of Mrs. Storms, died in
September, 1888, lacking but a few days of having lived fifty-one years.
George Thompson died in March, 1906. He is buried near Mahomet, Illinois, in
Riverside Cemetery, and Mrs. Thompson in the Wills Cemetery at Peculiar,
Missouri. Mrs. Storms has three brothers, as follows: Archie, Mahomet,
Illinois ; Lannie, Urbana, Illinois; and Lopez, Lone Jack, Missouri. To Mr.
and Mrs. Storms has been born one daughter, Ione, a student at Hazel Dell
School.
Mr. Storms is one of the successful and prosperous farmers of the vicinity of
Pleasant Hill. He is a director of the Farmers' National Bank of Pleasant
Hill, and widely known as a substantial man of affairs.
This family biography is one of 428
biographies included in The History of Cass County, Missouri published
in 1917. For the complete description, click here:
Cass County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and
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