property here. For twenty-one years previous Mr. Janes had followed farming in Reno county, Kansas, and still owns property there. Since coming here he has become prominently identified with the industries of this locality and is well and favorably known.
The marriage of Mr. Janes was to Miss Nettie Young, of Reno county, Kansas, and the three children of this union bear the names of Ralph E., Clarence Wilbur and Ethel Irene, respectively.
The capable and energetic young superintendent of the H. & H. mine, on the Jenneth lease, cast of Joplin, is C. W. Greenlee, a respected citizen of Webb City, who has been in this responsible position since January, 1901. Mr. Greenlee was born in the state of Pennsylvania, and is a son of S. W. and Clara (Morrison) Greenlee, the former of whom was born in Venango county, and the latter in Warren county, Pennsylvania. The father served in the army during the Civil war, later came to Jasper county, Missouri, and for a time engaged in farming, but now lives retired. Mr. Greenlee, our subject, has three sisters in Jasper county, and his brother, Bert Greenlee, is a farmer in Avilla.
When C. W. Greenlee came to Webb City, in 1883, he was but a mere boy. In this city he was reared and attended school, but began to work in the mines while still quite young. Mining has been his life work and he has met with much encouragement, as he has paid close attention to every detail, and has thus built up a reputation for thoroughness. His work has been satisfactorily performed for others, and his plans for the future include large undertakings. Prior to his present engagement he was superintendent of the two June mines at Carl Junction.
One of the most straightforward, energetic and successful business men of Jasper county is George Hardy, who has attained prominence in mining circles. He is a son of J. Allen and Emily (Edstrom) Hardy, who make their home at Webb City. In 1874 George Hardy, our subject, came with his father to Jasper county, where he has ever since engaged in mining pursuits, and his well-directed efforts and wise judgment have secured for him a leading position in the business circles of his locality. He is now serving
as superintendent of the Cordell Mining Company, which is operating on the Porto Rico lands, and of which his father is the president and manager. Three of his brothers, Allen, Tom and Herbert, are also interested in the company. Mr. Hardy has also opened up and developed many other rich and paying mines, among them being the Duenweg and the Jack, the last named being located at Lehigh.
Mr. Hardy was united in marriage with Miss Maggie Cochran, of Newton county, Missouri, and they have five children,—Clara, Margaret, George, Charles and Helen. Mr. Hardy has been engaged in mining operations since his fifteenth year, and Ins long connection with the development of the rich mineral resources of the state has made him very proficient in his chosen line of work. He is an upright and reliable citizen, true to all the duties of business and private life, and his sterling worth has gained him high regard.
Nature has seemed to designate the kind of business which shall be the dominant industry of different localities. The great forests provide occupation for the lumbermen, the broad plains and rich prairies make agriculture the logical occupation of the settlers of other regions, and the mineral resources - of still other divisions of the country seem to indicate that mining shall be the chief labor of the people there. The rich ore deposits of southwestern Missouri leave no question as to the leading business pursuit of those who inhabit this section of the state, and one of the leading representatives of mining interests here is Edgar Mallett, of Belleville, who was the founder of the camp which led to the establishment of the town. He came here in 1885 and took up his abode in the county two years before.
Mr. Mallett is a native of dark county, Missouri, and is a representative of one of the old families of New England, the Malletts having resided in that section of the country through several generations. The paternal grandfather of our subject was a resident of Massachusetts and served his country as a loyal soldier in the war of 1812. Marvin Mallett, the father of our subject, removed from Ohio to Medina county, Indiana, during his early boyhood and afterward went to southeastern Iowa, whence he made his way to dark county, Missouri, becoming one of the pioneers of that portion of the state. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Grace Beckwith, was a native of Ohio.
When, in 1883. Mr. Mallett came to Jasper county he began mining at Lehigh, which was then enjoying a boom. Associated with others he leased
father, Thomas Roach, still resides on a farm. James P. Roach, of this review, has resided in Joplin for the past twenty-four years. He is now serving as superintendent of the John Jackson Mining Company, which position he has held for three years. The company operates three mines, the underground work of the John Jackson covering an area of seven hundred by sixty feet, while the Jack Johnson is one hundred and eighty feet long and eighty feet wide, and the Jim Jackson is one hundred feet long and twenty feet high. Mr. Roach has opened up and developed several valuable mines, including the Cooper, Hollow, Galena and Belleville, and is now interested in the Cyclone, in Chitwood. When he began operating on this mine he used only hand windlasses, throwing away the zinc and using only the lead. Mr. Roach was also superintendent of the Cherokee mine at Webb City for five years, and for the same length of time was employed on the Standard Hill, at Belleville, with the Frye Brothers. He next spent three years at Lehigh, as superintendent of the Rankin mine, and for two years held the office of superintendent of the old Galena, at Galena, Kansas. While filling the position of superintendent for these various mining companies he has also prospected for himself, and his efforts have been attended with a high degree of success.
Mr. Roach first married Amanda L. Johnson, a daughter of John R. Johnson, of Prosperity, Missouri, by whom four children were born: Maggie, Thomas, Claude and Arthur. His first wife died in 1893 and in 1894 he was united in marriage with Miss May Haskell, a daughter of M. L. Haskell, a hardware merchant of Belleville, where he has been engaged in business for ten years. Unto this union has been born two children,— Mathew and Hugh. Mr. Roach exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, and in his social relations he has been a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen for sixteen years. He is a man whose reliability and integrity are beyond question, and he merits the respect and esteem which are so universally accorded him in the community where he lives and in whose advancement he maintains a lively interest.
The pleasant and attractive home of Thomas C. Clary on East Seventh street, Joplin, is the visible evidence of his active and well-spent life. From an early age he has depended upon his own resources, and whatever success he has achieved has been the direct reward of his energy and capable manage-
ment. For a number of years he was connected with railroad service in the west, but is now interested in mining in the vicinity of Joplin, where he has resided for the past decade.
Mr. Clary is a native of the Badger state, his birth having occurred in Waukesha county. He is a son of James and Catherine (Caton) Clary, both of whom were natives of Ireland, in which country their marriage was celebrated. In 1825 they left the Green Isle of Erin and sailed across the Atlantic to the new world. For some time they resided in Lewis county, New York, and subsequently removed to Wisconsin, locating in Waukesha county in 1833, long before the admission of the state into the Union. They were numbered among its pioneer settlers and aided in reclaiming the wild region for purposes of civilization.
Under the parental roof Mr. Clary, of this review, spent his childhood days, obtaining his education in the school's near his home, and assisting in the labors of the farm through the summer months. He was seventeen years of age when, in 1863, he responded to the president's call for troops to continue the war, enlisting in the Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry, which was assigned to General Sherman's command. He saw service throughout Tennessee. Georgia and Mississippi and took part in all the battles in which his command was engaged. Although so young, he was fearless and true, and on many a field of battle manifested courage equal to that of many a veteran of twice his years.
Not long after the war Mr. Clary entered the railroad service, securing a situation on the construction of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf road in 1869, aiding to built that line out of Kansas City. He remained with the same company until 1886, and during much of that period served as engineer. His faithfulness is indicated by the fact that he was continuously in the employ of the corporation for seventeen years. In 1890 he came to Joplin and has since been interested in mining in this locality, having made judicious investments in mining property. He opened the Boston mine, which he afterward sold at a good profit, for fifteen thousand dollars. He also opened the Janet mine on the McKibbin land, which he later disposed of, receiving a good financial return on his investment. During the last six months he has devoted his energies toward the opening of a mine on the Granby land at Possum Hollow. It is a big mine with two shafts, each one hundred and fifty feet deep.
Mr. Clary was united in marriage to Miss Annie Flannery, of Lee Summit, Jackson county, Missouri, a daughter of James Flannery, who was born in Virginia and became one of the first settlers of Jackson county,
