My Genealogy Hound

Lemuel Self is the eldest of the two children born to Fountain and Sarah (Williams) Self, whose nativity is not known, but who were residents of New Madrid County, Mo., as early as 1812; the mother died in Tennessee, and the father in Pulaski County, Mo. Lemuel Self was born about 1814, and from the time he was fourteen years of age made his own way in the world. At the age of sixteen he went to Washington County, Mo., where he married Sarah Eaton, and of their eight children five are living, viz.: Eliza J., William J., Mary A., James M. and Angeline. Mrs. Sarah Self died in 1873, and Mr. Self afterward married Mrs. Mary M. Edgar, who died in 1886. He was elected squire but served only a short time, when he resigned the position. He has been a hard-working man all his life, and for many years worked in wood, making furniture, plows, wagons, etc. He came to Crawford County in 1840, and about two years afterward settled on the farm now owned by his son, James M. The latter was born in 1846, and his education was limited to the common branches. He taught one term of school, but has since devoted the most of his attention to farming and blacksmithing. In 1867 he married Martha C. Cole, a native of Washington County, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. Self are the parents of eight children, as follows: Eddie, Sarah J., Eula, Herschel, Lucien, Angeline M., James L. and Mary L. In 1882 Mr. Self was nominated on the Democratic ticket for associate justice against T. E. Carr, and was beaten by only one vote, that one being the vote he cast for his opponent. He owns 360 acres of land, and is an enterprising farmer.