A Visit With John Barton Pollard (date unknown)
No. 247 - Uncited clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection" of
Beth Rengers Talken, 1998.
My friend John Barton POLLARD dropped into my office to see me a few days ago. This is
the first time he has been back to Troy in 50 years. Shame on him. He is 82 years old; my
age. He didn't tell me who he was, but I knew him. We spent a good half hour talking about
the Troy of 50 to 70 years ago. We both knew about the same thing; when O.H. AVERY, Dr.
C.D. AVERY, Dick NORTON, Dr. ROBINSON, Will YOUNG, Henry CHILDERS, Charles MARTIN, Joe
CREECH, Dee PERKINS, H.W. KEMPER, Tom WITHROW, Dr. MCKAY, Bill BRAGG, Fritz HARBAUM, Joe
HART, Jim JACKSON, Ira RUSSELL, Dr. PENDLETON, N. HANNI, Oscar ALLISON, Robert SCHUCHMAN,
James MCCLELLAN, W.T. AYDELOTT, Judge E.B. WOOLFOLK, Bob SHELTON, Peachy SHELTON, Will
HARLAN and many others I could mention of those days, before and after.
John, married Frances KABLER, one of Dr. KABLER's two daughters. The other daughter was
Neta, now Mrs. DAVIS, who lives in Hannibal. I remember Dr. KABLER well. My brother Henry,
clerked in his drug store in Troy several years. John BARTON told me he built the Merrell
TAYLOR house, on old Moscow road out of native lumber and lived there about 4 years. Now
lives in New Orleans. He and his wife came on train to visit her sister, Mrs. DAVIS in
Hannibal. These 2 girls live too far apart. John was with the Peoples Bank here about 17
years. Went to Hannibal and help organize the Hannibal Trust Co. Sold his interest in two
years. Now retired. Always a good business man. They have one son Robert Nier POLLARD, of
Dallas, Texas. He is advertising manager of Sears Roebuck & Co. of that section. Has
been with them about 20 years. I asked John what they would pay a man like that? He told
me but am ashamed to tell you for we have no salaries like that around here. John Barton
POLLARD, I enjoyed my visit with you. Come back again.
Note regarding clippings from the "Neva Murphy Hubbard Collection": Neva Murphy Hubbard (1886-1971) lived all of her life in Lincoln County, MO. She collected a large file of clippings of Lincoln County residents. The majority of the clippings were without citation. Beth Rengers Talken, beneficiary of the collection, has transcribed them for inclusion in our Lincoln County Heritage Records.
Submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Beth Rengers Talken, 18 September 1998.
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