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Frank Hartley EstilI.The
Estill Floral Company of Moberly of which
Frank Hartley Estill is the
owner and manager, is one of the impor
tant industrial enterprises
of this city. It was founded in 1906 by
Mrs Rebecca S. Estill
mother of Frank H Estill. The greenhouses, of
which there are seven, are
located at 707 Gilman Street. Seven of
these house.s are 16x90
feet and one of them is 30 x100 feet. The corn-
pany has its own water
system and the greenhouses OCCUpY five acres
of ground between
Carpenter and Gilman streets and Fort Street and
the city limits. There is
employed here a regular force of five men
and during the summer
season several more. This company does an
extensive business in
flowers floral designs and plants and 90 per cent.
of the business done by
this concern is outside of the city of Moberly.
Orders are filled from
various towns and cities over a broad scope of
territory.
Frank Hartley Estill is a
veteran of the World War. He was
reared in Moberly,
educated in the public schools and was graduated
from the Moberly High
School in the class of 1910. Afterwards he
attended the University of
Missouri for two terms and since that time,
except the time spent in
the army during the World War, he has de-
voted himself to the
management of the Estill Floral Company.
Frank H. Estill is a son of
H. V. and Rebecca S. tHendricks) Estill.
The father was born in
Charleston, W. Va., Feb. 2, 1856, and died at
Moberly Dec 4, 1919. H.
V. Estill came to Moberly from his native
state about 1884. He was a
civil engineer and for some time was in the
employ of the Wabash
Railroad Company. He installed the city water
works of Moberly and for
20 years was superintendent of chat depart-
ment and resigned from
that position in order to devote his attention
to the floral business in
which he was engaged for a number of years.
Rebecca S. (Hendricks)
Estill was born in old Milton, Randolph County,
and was a descendant of
one of the very early pioneer families of this
county. She was a
daughter of Capt. Stephen M Hendricks, a Con-
federate veteran who
enlisted in Randolph County and served under
General Sterling Price until
the time of his death. He was killed at
the hattie of Corinth, Miss.
John Dameron, great grandfather of Frank
Hartley Estill, on the
maternal side, was a pioneer merchant of Milton,
Randolph County. He
spent his life here and is buried in Oakland ceme-
tery. Mrs. Estill died April
4, 1916, aged 54 years, and is buried in
Oakland cemetery.
July 24. 1918, Frank H.
Estill enlisted in the United States army
at Moberly and was sent
to Camp Funston for training and after three
months there he was
transferred co Camp Mills, N. Y.. anti about Nov.
1 1918, he embarked for
France, a member of Brigade Headquarters,
10th Field Artillery, with
the rank of corporal. He then was stationed
at Camp DeSouge. near
Bordeaux, where he was trained for service as
n wireless telegraph
operator. After the armistice was signed he re-
mained in France until
March, 1919, when he was returned to the United
States and received his
honorable discharge at Camp Grant. Ill., March
31, 1919.
Mr. Estill is a member of
the American Legion, Theodore Bazan
Post, and the Ancient Free
and Accepted Masons, Moberly Lodge No.344
He also holds membership
in the Moberly Chamber of Commerce
and the Retail Merchants
Association.He is one of the progressive
and enterprising young
men of Moberly and has a wide business acquaintance
and many friends
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