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

Pages 551-552

RICHARD T. VAN METER
As agriculture is a noble occupation, so are the men whose lives are
outlined in this sketch noble members of that calling.  They are men of
vigor, hardigood and strength, morally, mentally and physically, and by
their good traits have made the name of Van Meter honored in their county
and respected wherever known.

Oliver Van Meter was born in Kentucky, November 25, 1836, son of Abraham
and Naomi (Roberts) Van Meter, both born in Virginia, he coming to Kentucky
with his parents as a boy of seven, she coming after reaching womanhood.
Abraham Van Meter came to this county in 1850 and located near where his
son Oliver now lives, and carried on farming very extensively.  He was a
member of the Baptist church, very regular in attendance and always active
in church work.  Oliver was one of six children and came to Missouri with
his parents and attended the common schools here and in Kentucky.  He has
passed his life on the farm and now has three hundred acres, on which he
carries on general farming.  In 1862 he enlisted in Company C, Gordon’s
regiment of cavalry, and served until the end of the war, taking part in
many fights, but escaping without being wounded or taken prisoner.

In 1865 Mr. Van Meter was married to Anna Corder, a native of Lafayette
county, who bore to him the following children:  Sallie, Richard, Francis,
Abraham, Daisy, Warner and Nellie.  All the family are members of the
Methodist church and Mr. Van Meter is a staunch Democrat.  He is now
spending his old age very usefully and honorably on this farm.

Richard T. Van Meter was born on the Van Meter farm, two miles south of
Corder, September 25, 1868, and attended the public schools and the college
at Fayette.  Then he came back to the farm, and operated his father’s farm
for some years, carrying on general farming, stock raising and feeding.  In
1898 he bought the hundred acres where he now lives.  He was married to
Mary Price, daughter of John Price, mentioned in this work, and they have
on child, Kenneth.  Mr. Van Meter is a member of the Methodist church and
his wife of the Baptist.  In politics he is a Democrat.  He is successful
as a farmer and his many agreeable qualities have won for him many friends.

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