Barton County, Missouri Biographies-Judge John V. ELDER

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Page 888

Judge John V. Elder was born in Greencastle, Ind., April 11, 1835, being
the son of William J. and Nancy (Vannice) Elder, who were born respectively
in Kentucky and Ohio.  When a young man, the father went to Hamilton, Ohio,
where he was engaged in merchandising, and while there he married Miss
Vannice, and in 1833 moved to Greencastle, Ind., where they died in 1841
and 1857, having been earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
John V. Elder, one of their six children, was educated in the public
schools of Greencastle.  When fourteen years of age, he learned the tinner's
trade, at which he worked some twenty-two years, coming to Lamar, Mo., in
1867.  He was engaged in the hardware business until 1884, and has since
followed the occupation of farming, being now the owner of 400 acres of
land, all within a mile of Lamar.  He is a stanch Republican in politics,
and from 1868 to 1870 he was supervisor of registration, and from 1876 to
1878 was judge of the county court, and also filled the position of probate
judge for some time.  In the spring of 1862 he enlisted in Company D,
Fifty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was in the battle of Richmond,
Ky., afterward enlisting in the Twentieth Indiana Battalion, Milton A.
Osborn commanding, and was discharged at Indianapolis, Ind., in September,
1865.  He took an active part in the battles of Nashville, Jonesboro and
Atlanta.  He was twice wounded at Nashville, once very severely in the
left arm, and slightly in the left side.  May 31, 1868, he was married
to Miss Mary. J. James, a native of Janesville, Wis., who died March 4,
1889, leaving no family.

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