JOHN M. ROUNTREE

 

     John M. Rountree has been a resident of Cedar County, Mo., since 1869, and is the owner of a fertile farm of 260 acres about ten miles from the county seat.  He is one of a large family of children, and was born in Polk County, Mo., on the 10^th of May, 1847, being a son of David and Victoria (McKee) Rountree, who were born in Tennessee in 1800 and 1808, and died in Polk County, Mo., in 1866 and 1880, respectively.  David was of Irish descent, a farmer by occupation, and , about 1848, emigrated to Missouri.  John M. Rountree remained with his parents until twenty-one years old, and attended the common schools of Polk County.  On the 17^th of June, 1869, he was married to Miss Mary Dale, who was born in Dade County, Mo., in 1853, her parents being Thomas and Lavina Dale, early settlers of Dade County.  The former is yet living, but the mother died about 1885.  To Mr. and Mrs. Rountree a family of seven children were born: Johnnie, Arra (deceased), Lena (deceased), Lula, Clyde, Charles and Lee.  Mr. Rountree is an influential citizen of the county, and has a fair share of this world’s goods, and, besides his farm, is a stockholder in the Cedar County Bank, at Stockton.  He is a Democrat, and his first vote for the presidency was cast for Horace Greeley.  He and wife are members of the Christian Church.

From the History of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade and Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889, p. 772

 

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