1860 - 1939

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• Birth	3 Jul 1860	Marion, Saint Francois, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Feb 1939	Saint Francois Co., Missouri
  Person ID	I105438	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2005 00:00:00
  Father	Theodore Frelingheusen RARIDEN, b. 27 Dec 1827, Kentucky
  Mother	Mary Ann PATTERSON, b. 1833, Saint Francois Co., Missouri
  Family ID	F44620	Group Sheet
  Family	Mary A. HIGHLEY, b. 12 Feb 1858, Saint Francois Co., Missouri
  Married	29 Dec 1885	Saint Francois Co., Missouri
  Children	1. Walter RARIDEN, b. 1 Oct 1886, Saint Francois Co., Missouri > 2. Lynn R. RARIDEN, b. 1892, Missouri, probably Marion, Saint Francois, Missouri   3. Willard Lee RARIDEN, b. 15 May 1895, Saint Francois Co., Missouri
  Family ID	F44626	Group Sheet

• Notes

  Willard B. Rariden was left fatherless at the age of eleven. Two years later he left home and began business upon his own responsibility. He worked on the farm of B. I. Morris for seven years and received from $8 to $16 per month compensation. In 1881 he began trading in stock and followed this business four years. In 1885, he began clerking in a store in Farmington, Missouri and in February of the following year he was appointed postmaster of that city by Postmaster General-General William F. Vilas. December 29, 1885, he married Miss Mary A. Highley, daughter of Robert Highley, of Washington County. She was born in the last county named in 1858 and is the mother of one child, Walter. Mr. Rariden attends strictly to his post office business and makes a first class postmaster. He is a Democrat, politically and his first presidential vote was for Cleveland in 1884. He is a K.P. and his wife is a member of Methodist Episcopal Church South.*******************************************February 24, 1934Willard B. Rariden Former Sheriff, Postmaster; School Board President, DiesWillard B. Rariden was born near French Village, Missouri, July 3, 1860, and died at his home near Farmington February 19, 1939, aged 78 years, seven months, and 16 days.He was married to Miss Mollie A. Highley in December 1885. To this union three children were born -- Walter, who died when only two and one-half years old, R. Lynn and Lee, of Farmington. Two grandchildren, Lynn Bowman Rariden and Billy Lee Rariden, also survive. Mr. Rariden had four brothers and three sisters, and two brothers and two sisters survive him. They are: Mrs. Sallie Highley, of Farmington, Mrs. Nannie Shaw, of Seattle, Washington; Wesley Rariden of Oklahoma, and Kennett, of St. Francois County.His entire life was spent in this community. He had served his community as Postmaster, appointed in 1886, and Sheriff, elected in 1894. He also served on the local school board for 24 years. In addition to these activities he was a dealer in livestock and acted as special agent for the Missouri Pacific Railway for many years.A good citizen, a loyal husband, and a father who was a friend to many.Services were held at the home, Tuesday, February 21, conducted by Rev. A. C. Johnson, of the M. E. Church, South, with interment in the Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Cozean Funeral Service