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William Tingle: Partner.
Born
1812,
in
Sussex Co., Del., he is said to have been, by 1832, the
earliest trader into the Sarcoxie, Mo. area, and presumably was still
trading there when B. F. Massey entered the scene.
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6.Benjamin F. Massey:
Partner.
Born
1811,
in Kent Co., Md, he had been in the
merchandising business as an employee of Joseph and Peter Powell,
Merchant - Traders from 1831 to about 1835. The Powells set
Massey up in his own business in 1837 in Fayette, Howard Co., Mo., and
his trading carried him into the Sarcoxie area in 1838 - 1839.
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Partnership: Tingle & Massey.
Tingle
had
been
trading in the Sarcoxie area since 1832.
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Massey,
from
his
Fayette
base, had been operating in the Sarcoxie area since
1837, and had established himself at Sarcoxie before June 1839, when he
was recorded as "of Barry Co."
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My
educated
guess
would
be that they joined forces in the 1838-1939 period
as Tingle & Massey,
Merchant - Traders, with Tingle, first into the area, as senior
partner.
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The
earliest
record
of
William Tingle and B.F. Massey operating as partners
came when they were recorded as Assignee of a Land Entry made by
Thacker Vivion; 4 Nov.1839.
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Goods
Suppliers:
Peter
&
Joseph Powell. The Powells has supplied
Massey his stock of goods when they set him up in business in 1837 in
Fayette.
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The
Powells
also
were
goods suppliers to the Tingle & Massey
merchandising partnership.
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It
seems
probable
that
they were also the supplier to William Tingle
before he and Massey became partners.
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Tingle & Massey: Merchant -
Traders. The partnership appears to have prospered.
Perhaps on the strength of this prosperity, Massey on 11 Jun.1839, was
married to Maria Hawkins Withers, whom he had met and courted at
Boonville, when he was operating his own business out of Fayette.
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In
late
1839,Tingle
&
Massey expanded their partnership activities to
include investments in real estate, as Missouri opened up State land to
Land entry sales. As a part of this Real Estate venture, they
opened up a Tingle &
Massey Mercantile House in Sarcoxie itself on 6 Aug.1840.
They operated this Mercantile House until 2 Jul.1842, at which time
Peter and Joseph Powell and Duncan Lamont filed a Lawsuit against them
to recover a debt of $5,144.37.
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Translating
the
legal
language
of this Lawsuit, and reading between the lines of
the records, this appears to be the story: The Powells had
continued to supply Tingle & Massey the goods for their Mercantile
House and their Merchant - Trader activities. But Tingle &
Massey's Real Estate ventures had required more money from their
profits and capital than they could afford, and they had not been able
to pay the Powell Brothers bills. To protect their interests, the
Powells filed the Lawsuit.
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On
28
Feb.1844,
the
Newton County circuit court decided this Lawsuit in
favor of the Powells, and entered Judgment. Tingle & Massey
could not pay the Judgment, so the Court ordered the Real Estate
holdings of Tingle & Massey sold at auction.
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Partnership
End.
The
sale
of Tingle & Massey's Real Estate assets also
marked the demise of the Tingle & Massey Merchandising ventures.
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B.F.
Massey
entered
into
a career in Missouri politics, did not return to a
Merchandising career.
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| William
Tingle
continued
as
a Merchant - Trader, and was so recorded
in the 1850 Newton Co., Mo. Census, and in the 1860 Jasper Co., Mo.
Census. By 1870 he was listed as "Farmer" |
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