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H. C. McGown, a resident of Golden City, and one of the early settlers of Barton County, was born in 1821, in Culpeper County, Va. His parents were Daniel and Frances (Corley) McGown, natives, respectively, of Maryland and Virginia. Daniel McGown was a carpenter by trade, but always lived on a farm, and, in 1833, the family settled in St. Charles County, Mo., where the father died December 13, 1887, at the age of ninety-two years; he served as a soldier in the War of 1812. The mother of our subject died in July, 1872, aged seventy-five years; she was a member of the Baptist Church. H. C. McGown was reared to the pursuit of farming, and at the age of twenty-one began that occupation for himself, renting land which he cultivated. In 1847 he married Marian Boone, who was born in Callaway County, Mo. Mr. McGown lived in St. Charles County until 1850, when he went across the plains to California with a mule team; he remained in California, and engaged in farming until June, 1852, when he returned to his home in Missouri by way of Panama. He then moved to Greene County, Mo., where he bought a farm, and lived until the fall of 1865, then locating in Dade County, where he purchased a farm, and made his home until 1881, in the latter year settling in Golden City, Barton County, which is his present home. Mr. McGown’s first wife died in 1857, leaving three children: Mary C., deceased, wife of John Bailey; Henry D., who died at the age of nineteen years; and Fannie D., at home. In July, 1861, Mr. McGown married Sarah J. Tompson. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and the I. O. O. F., being one of the oldest members of the latter order in the county. He held the office of justice of the peace for twelve years in Dade County, and has led an active and, enterprising life. He owns some real estate in Golden City, and, though well along in years, takes an active interest in all public enterprises.