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William D. Scampton
secretary and treasurer of the Milbank-Scamp-
ton Milling Company, is at
the head of one of Moberly's important in-
dustrial concerns, This
company has been doing business here for over
20 years, and from 1899
until 1904 it was conducted by Milbank and
Scampton as a
partnershihp and in 1904 was incorporated. The plant
is located at 318 North
Clark street, the site having been purchased
from F. D. Crow. The mill
building is 40x60 feet with an engine room
30x40. The building has
two stories and a basement and there is also
a large warehouse, 50x50
feet, adjoining. The daily capacity is about
100 barrels of flour and
200 barrels of meal and is operated on a mer-
chant milling basis,
scarcely any custom grinding being done.
William D. Scampton was
born in Madison, Wis., in Dec. 12, 1863,
and is a son of D, J, and
Anna E. (Hart) Scampton. The father died
in Madison, Wis., at the
age of 63 years. after having spent his life
in that state. He served in
the Union army during the Civil War, hav-
ing enlisted at Madison in
Company E.. 47th Regiment, Wisconsin Volun-
tear Infantry. Upon the
organization of his company he was first lieu-
tenant and during the
course of his military career was promoted to cap-
tam and was serving in
that capacity when the war closed. He served
about three years.
William D. Scampton was
reared in Madison, Wis., and after receiv-
ing a good preliminary
education in the public schools, he attended the
University of Wisconsin at
Madison for two years. Shortly after leaving
the university he engaged
in railroading, entering the employ of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul Railroad, and was thus employed until
1898. During the last ten
years of his railroad experience he was a
locomotive engineer. In
1899 he engaged in the milling business at
Moberly in partnership
with George Milbank and this partnership con-
tinued until the death of
Mr. Milbank in 1904, when the business was
incorporated and since
when has been operated as an incorporated com-
pany.
Mr Scampton was married
Sept. 17, 1896, to Miss Lucy Milbank, of
Chillicothe, Mo. She is a
daughter of George and Nellie Milbank, the
former a native of Essex,
England, and the latter of Virginia, George
Milbank was the partner of
Mr. Scampton in the milling business until
the time of his death. To
George and Nellie Milbank were born the fol-
lowing children: J. T.,
Chillicothe; C. R., Kirksville; H. H., Wichita,
Kan.; Mrs, W. E. Crellin,
Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs, T. F. Fulkerson, Kan-
sas City, Mo., and Mrs.
William D. Scampton, of this review.
Mr. Scampton is a
member of the Moberly Chamber of Commerce,
the T. P. A., and he is a
Knights Templar Mason, He is one of the suc-
cessful business men of
Moberly who has made substantial progress in
the business world.
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