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Hiram L. Pease, dealer in general merchandise, and stock dealer at Climax Springs, Mo., was born in Fremont, Ohio, January 25, 1860, and is a son of John R. and Mary (Meade) Pease, who were born in Connecticut and New Hampshire in 1805 and 1828, and died in Ohio in 1860 and 1873, respectively. They moved to the “Buckeye State’’ at an early day, and were there married and spent the remainder of their lives. The father was a farmer and tinner, and was mayor of Fremont for some time. He was twice married, and by his first wife became the father of one child, and five by his second wife: John R., Edwin E., Helen (Merriam), Francis, one deceased, and Hiram L. The maternal grandparents died in New York and Ohio, at the ages of eighty-five and seventy-three, respectively. Hiram L. Pease received his education in the schools of Fremont, and also attended Blake’s Preparatory School, at Gambier, Ohio. When he attained his majority he began life for himself, and was engaged in surveying real estate for six months, and in 1883 went to Montana, where he followed the same occupation for some time, and then returned to his native State. March 7, 1884, he came to Camden County, Mo., where he has since been engaged in stock dealing, and in partnership with B. F. Swindler established his present mercantile business at Climax Springs, the firm being known as Pease & Swindler. December 1, 1888, he purchased Mr. Swindler’s interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. He carries a stock valued at about $2,000, and besides this property owns eighty acres of land and live stock valued at $1,000. He is a Republican in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Benjamin Harrison in 1888. He also belongs to the I. O. O. F.