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A PATRIARCH OF THE CATTLE MART 



38. One of the real veterans of the livestock commission busi- 

 ness is MONSON PARKER BUEL of the EVANS-SNIDER-BUEL Co., 

 of Chicago. MR. BUEL was born at Croton, Licking Co., Ohio, 

 October 14, 1845. He was educated in public schools and 

 attended Granville College, Granville, Ohio, for one term. MR. 

 BUEL was reared on his father's farm and for four years was a 

 clerk in a general merchandise store at Croton. In 1865 he 

 went west to California and Nevada where he was cashier in 

 the National Bank at Austin, Nevada, for two and a half years. 

 The confinement proved too much for him and his health was 

 seriously affected. He therefore severed his connection with the 

 bank and removed to Chillicothe, Missouri, where he engaged 

 in the buying and handling of livestock. 



On May 1, 1876, he became a member of the livestock com- 

 mission firm of HUNTER, EVANS & Co. at St. Louis, Mo., and 

 nine years later removed to Chicago to continue the commis- 

 sion game under the same firm name. Two years later the 

 business was incorporated as the EvANS-SNiDER-BuEL Co., and 

 he was elected vice president of the corporation. In 1894 he 

 was made president, and has retained that position ever 

 since, a period of over a quarter century. Under his experi- 

 enced direction, the firm has grown rapidly and now has offices 

 in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, Fort Worth and Oklahoma 

 City. During his years in Chicago he has become identified 

 with a number of firms throughout the southwest, engaging in 

 buying and feeding cattle. Most of the stock handled has been 

 secured in Texas, being fed in transit in feed lots throughout 



