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Young’s History of Lafayette County, Missouri, Volume II
By Hon. William Young, (1910)
B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Pages 832-833

GEORGE W. ARMENTROUT

Future progress in farming will take the direction not so much of
improvement in instruments of cultivation, but of careful study given to
the soil, by means of which each particular farmer may be made familiar
with the chemical constituents and chemical needs of his fields, the
elements needed for each crop, the method of supplying lacking elements
necessary for some crop, and the best method of improving fertility.
American farmers have been very prodigal of the fertility of their soil,
especially in the richest regions.  American soil has been depleted far
more in twenty-five to one hundred years of farming than the soil of Europe
has in one to two thousand years.  This loss can never be wholly replaced,
though intelligent care will aid to do so in part.  The strong present
influences along the line of this care given to the soil are the
agricultural college and experiment stations.

George W. Armentrout was born in Dover township, Lafayette county, Missouri
on February 22, 1869, the son of James M. and Venetia (Corder) Armentrout.
His father was born in Rockingham county, Virginia, June 4, 1836, his
mother in Davis township, this county, the daughter of John E. Corder, one
of the first settlers of this county and an extensive landholder, owning
three hundred and thirty acres.  His wife was Ann Corder, and they died on
the farm now owned by Robert Corder.  His father came to this county a
young man, married here and served in the Confederate army under Gen. Joe
Shelby, making a gallant war record.  He and his first wife were the
parents of one child, George W., and after her death he married Mollie E.
Zentmyer, a native of Maryland, who is now living on the old homestead.  He
farmed, owning one hundred and forty acres of land.  His political
affiliation was with the Democrats.  He and his second wife were
Methodists, his first wife a Baptist.  He died March 23, 1909, at the close
of a life full of labor and crowned with respect.

George W. Armentrout attended the Corder schools, owns two hundred and
twenty-two acres of land, and is a general farmer, stock raiser and feeder,
conserving the fertility of his soil by keeping much stock.  His farming
operations have prospered greatly.  He is a Democrat and he and his wife
are members of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Armentrout was married on January 26, 1893, to Mattie M. Rainey, who
was born in this county, the daughter of Andrew and Rosa Rainey, who in an
early day came from North Carolina to this county, where Mr. Rainey died
and his widow now lives.  Their married life has been always pleasant.

Mr. Armentrout is a good citizen and neighbor, has many friends, who have
been attracted by his worth, and is a man who, because of his good
qualities, is deserving of all good fortune.


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