Siple

A. O. Siple, born on June 12, 1844, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pursued education at the Millersville State Normal School and graduated from Duffs Commercial College in 1864. He moved to Missouri in 1865, initially teaching before entering the mercantile business in LaPlata. Siple later shifted to the stove and tinware trade in Novelty and then Jameson, where he also became a blacksmith. In 1875, he was appointed postmaster of Jameson. He married Lettie Park in 1870 and they had four children.