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Dr. M. W. Hoge, one of the younger members of the medical fraternity in Gasconade County, and a resident of Owensville, was born near Boonville, Cooper Co., Mo., November 18, 1861, and is the son of John J. and Mary C. (Colhoun) Hoge, still residents of Boonville, where they have made their home since 1876. The father is a native of Columbus, Ohio, and for a time engaged in the practice of law in Wheeling, W. Va., but after moving to Missouri his attention was directed mainly to agricultural pursuits. In 1885 he received the appointment of receiver of public money in the land office at Boonville, from President Cleveland. To himself and wife four children were born, three of whom are living. Dr. Hoge, the third child, as he grew up, secured the favorable advantages of acquiring an education at the well-known Kemper School, at Boonville, from which he graduated. Following this he took one course of lectures at Columbia, and for a year thereafter was occupied in teaching, until, in 1881, he attended the St. Louis Medical College, graduating in the class of 1883. Fitted to enter upon a professional career, Dr. Hoge soon came to Gasconade County, locating at Bay, but after practicing one and a half years there removed to Owensville, where he has since devoted himself assiduously to his adopted profession. Energetic and enterprising, his success for the future is assured. Politically, he is a Democrat.