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John Lenox. The success which has attended, the career of Mr. Lenox as an agriculturist is a striking illustration of what can be done in Missouri by a young man who possesses pluck, energy and a determination to succeed. He was born in Kentucky in March, 1831, and is a son of John and Susannah (Hutson) Lenox, the former of whom was born in Kentucky in 1796, and died in 1849. In 1814 he came to Missouri with Daniel Boone, with whom he hunted and trapped for several years. He then returned to Kentucky, and after his marriage resided in that State for several years, and again came to Missouri, settling in Crawford County with his family. He and an elder brother, William, assisted in laying out the town of Jefferson on his first visit to the State, and when he returned he engaged in farming, entering 160 acres of Government land. The following are his children who are living: Thomas, John, Taylor, Hamilton, Elizabeth (Mrs. Dutton), Susannah (Mrs. Adams) and Margaret A. (Mrs. Bassett). The paternal grandfather, Charles Lenox, was born in Scotland, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. The maternal grandparents were Kentuckians. John Lenox, whose name heads this sketch, was brought to Missouri when four years of age, and spent his early life in Crawford, afterward Pulaski, and now Phelps County. Miss Sarah A. D. Kidwell, who was born in Callaway County, Mo., in October, 1831, became his wife in 1854. She is a daughter of William and Hester (Armitage) Kidwell, both of whom were born in Kentucky. The father was a book-keeper in some iron works, and served as sheriff of Calloway County for several terms. Mrs. Lenox is the only surviving one of their five children. The father died in 1834, and the mother in 1865. In 1861 Mr. Lenox enlisted in Capt. Frank’s company, Col. Johnson’s regiment, Confederate States Army, and during his six months’ service operated in Southern Missouri and Arkansas. He is a Democrat in politics, and cast his first presidential vote for Franklin Pierce in 1852. The following are his children: Mary J. (Mrs. Faulkner), Henry E., Samuel H., Willie Ann, Francis E., Sarah L. and Harriet E.