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WILLIAM MOTHERSPAW, livery, feed, and sale stable. Mr. Motherspaw was born in 1814, in Ohio. His father, John, was a native of Pennsylvania, as was also his mother, Mary, nee Spencer. William was reared in Ohio, and at the age of nineteen years he went to Dayton, Ohio, where he engaged in canal-boating for several years, between Dayton and Cincinnati in the summer time, and in the winter drove a dray in Cincinnati. In 1836 he began stage-driving in Ohio, which he followed until 1851, when he moved to Piatt county, Illinois, where he engaged in staging and livery business until 1870, when he came to Carthage, Missouri, and bought the livery stable where he has ever since been in business, which is the oldest livery stable in the city. He was married in 1837 to Elizabeth Cloud, a native of Ohio. They have five children living, three sons and two daughters, and five deceased. Mr. Motherspaw is among the oldest and most substantial citizens of Carthage, and has been eminently successful in his business ventures.