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JOHN HEAD and JOHN C. HEAD, merchants and farmers at Georgia City. When they came to this place in 1875 they had only a stock of goods valued at $26 and $4 in cash. They rented a small building of Mr. J. C. Guinn and began trading with the people, who soon found that these gentlemen were square dealers. Now they are doing a fine little business and bid fair to become noted merchants of this community. The father has been the leading justice of the peace of this part of the country for many years. He was first elected in 1877, since which time he has held the office. He was commissioned postmaster of Georgia City in 1876, and has held the office ever since. He is a native of Edgefleld, S. C., born Oct. 11, 1823, and was a son of Richard B. and Elizabeth Head, both of South Carolina. The father was born in December, 1800, and the mother in 1795. They had a family of seven children: John, Sarah A., James W., Rocelie, Eliza, Cyntha, and Shaddy A. The family moved to Pike county, Ill., in 1840 and settled on a farm. In 1867 the father and mother settled at Knight Station, Jasper county, Mo., where they both died, the father in 1869 and the mother in 1876. John was married in 1851 to Miss Mary J. Gates, a native of Pike county, Ill., born in 1832. She died in 1862, leaving a family of two children: Rocelie, born in 1856, and John C., born in 1858. Mr. Head was married a second time, in 1866, to Mrs. Judy A. Gould, a native of Virginia, born in 1837, and with her parents settled in Marion county, Mo., in 1839, but was partly raised in Shelby county, Mo. Mr. Head has three children by his last marriage: Caroline R., Mary J., and James L.