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FELIX B. STEMMONS, post-office Dudenville, farmer and stock-raiser. Prominent among the early settlers that are well identified with the growth and prosperity of Jasper county, is the subject of this sketch. He was born in Logan county, Ky., April 25, 1846. He is the son of J. M. and Harriet Stemmons. They had a family of twelve children, our subject being the eighth child. He moved with his parents to Lawrence county when seven years of age and lived there two years, then moved to Jasper county, Mo., and settled in McDonald township. His father, J. M. Stemmons, practiced medicine and was one of the first physicians in Jasper county, and was prominently identified with the early history of Jasper county. He was killed in the late war while defending his property, the subject of this sketch being in the house at the time of his father’s death, which was in 1862. In 1863 our subject left home and went to Lawrence county and worked out by the month, and also attended school. He joined the Missouri State Militia and was with them when the war closed. He then returned to Jasper county and engaged in farming. He was married March 6, 1867, to Miss Eliza Clark, daughter of Orange and Martha Clark; her father a native of Missouri and her mother was born in Kentucky. Mrs. Stemmons was the seventh of ten children. She was born in Jasper county, Mo., Sept. 26, 1849. Her parents moved to Jasper county in 1840, and settled in McDonald township. Two years after Mr. Stemmons married he moved to Lincoln township and lived on his brother’s place for one season. He then bought and moved on his present farm of 540 acres, 60 acres of timber and 400 acres under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Stemmons have five children, named Martha, James, Mary, Clara, and Luther. Mr. and Mrs. Stemmons are members of the M. E. Church, and Mr. Stemmon’s reputation for fair and honorable dealings has won him his large business.