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Richard C. Edmisson, merchant and farmer at Conway, Mo., was born in Dallas County, of that State, September 24, 1854, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Wollard) Edmisson, both of whom were born in Tennessee. They were married in Dallas County, Mo., in 1848, and resided on their farm in that county until the father was killed for his money, during the late war, by Northern bushwhackers. He was an extensive farmer and stock dealer, and was a leading member of the Baptist Church. They were the parents of eight children, five of whom are now living. After the father’s death his widow married again, her second husband being George Davidson, by whom she has two children. He died in 1886, and she now resides on the old home farm with one of her children. Richard C. Edmisson grew to manhood on a farm in Dallas County, receiving a common-school education, and in 1870 went to Texas, where he remained five years, engaged in herding and trading in cattle. He then returned to Dallas County, Mo., and in 1879 was married to Miss Anna Pare, a native of the county, by whom he became the father of one child, Edna. In 1883 he came to Conway, and embarked in his present business, which has netted him a handsome annual income, and in addition to this work he is quite extensively engaged in stock raising, making the breeding of mules a specialty. He is a Royal Arch Mason, and in his political views is a Democrat.