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Below is a family biography included in the book, Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson and Pettis County Missouri published by Chapman Publishing Company in 1895.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of 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.

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EVERETT E. DURAND. A man’s life work is the measure of his success, and he is truly the most successful man who, turning his abilities into the channel of an honorable purpose, accomplishes the object of his endeavor; he who, commencing in life without means or friends, clings to the loftiest principles of honor and uprightness, and, pushing forward, lays the foundation of a successful life. Such a one is the subject of this article, well known in this locality as the efficient Cashier of the Farmers and Merchants’ Bank of Green Ridge.

Our subject was born near Corning, Iowa, in 1858. He is the eldest son of Lucian B. and Louisa (Whipple) Durand, natives of Ohio and Connecticut, respectively, but who came when quite young with their parents to Iowa, in which state they were reared and married. The father was by occupation a farmer and a stock-raiser, engaging in this business until the time of his decease, in 1864. His good wife, mother of Everett E., moved with her family to Missouri in 1874, locating at Sedalia. She is still living, at the age of fifty-five years.

The subject of this sketch passed his boyhood days in attendance at the schools held in his district in Iowa, and when eighteen years old became a student in the Sedalia Collegiate Institute of Sedalia, Mo., which he attended for sometime. He later entered the Sedalia Seminary, where he took a four-years course, graduating in 1882. He then began teaching school, and in the fall of 1882 took charge of the schools of Green Ridge, which he successfully conducted for nine years, making in the meantime many improvements on the old system. During the summers of 1888 to 1890, inclusive, he was engaged in sub-contracting Star Route mail service, during which time he traveled extensively over the United States.

In 1891 Mr. Durand retired from school life and entered the bank of which he is now the popular Cashier. He has made his home in Pettis County since the age of sixteen years, and, being at all times public-spirited and enterprising, has been closely identified with its growth and development. He was married, in 1891, to Miss Mamie, daughter of Dr. W. H. and Catherine Flesher, natives of the Old Dominion. Mrs. Durand was born in Noble, Ill., November 15, 1869. Their union has been blessed by the birth of a son and daughter, Paul and Esteline. Both parents are members of the Congregational Church, in which the former is Treasurer and Superintendent of the Sunday-school. Socially he is connected with Green Ridge Lodge No. 300, I. O. O. F., being Past Grand of the order, and is also a member of Prairie Queen Lodge No. 83, K. of P., of Windsor, this state. He is likewise a Trustee and member of the Supreme Lodge of the new and popular beneficiary order known as the Royal Tribe of Joseph, which has its headquarters at Sedalia, Mo., besides being interested in other orders. In 1891 he was appointed Treasurer of Green Ridge, being the incumbent of that position at the present time (1895), and served as Postmaster of this place during the presidency of Chester A. Arthur. He is a Director in the Citizens’ Building and Loan Association, of Green Ridge, and gives his aid to all public measures having for their object the promotion of the welfare of the people. Politically he is a true-blue Republican.

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This family biography is one of the numerous biographies included in the Pettis County, Missouri portion of the book,  Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson and Pettis County Missouri published in 1895 by Chapman Publishing Co.  For the complete description, click here: Pettis County, Missouri History, Genealogy, and Maps

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